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Senator CHRIS EVANS (Western Australia—Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (12:33): by leave—I move: (1) That the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on 23 May 2011, of Sergeant Brett Wood, MG, while on combat operations in Afghanistan, places on record its appreciation of his service to our country, and tenders its profound sympathy to his family and friends in their bereavement. (2) That the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on 30 May 2011, of Lance Corporal Andrew Gordon Jones, while on combat operations in Afghanistan, places on record its appreciation of his service to our country, and tenders its profound sympathy to his family and friends in their bereavement. (3) That the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on 30 May 2011, of Lieutenant Marcus Sean Case, while on combat operations in Afghanistan, places on record its appreciation of his service to our country, and tenders its profound sympathy to his family and friends in their bereavement. (4) That the Senate records its deep sorrow at the death, on 6 June 2011, of Sapper Rowan Robinson, while on combat operations in Afghanistan, places on record its appreciation of his service to our country, and tenders its profound sympathy to his family and friends in their bereavement. The PRESIDENT: I ask honourable senators to stand in silence to signify their assent to the motions. Honourable senators having stood in their places— The PRESIDENT: The motions are carried.