The PRESIDENT (10:44): I inform the Senate that I have received letters from Senators Joyce, Thistlethwaite and Feeney resigning their places as senators and from Senator Bob Carr resigning his place as a senator for his current term and his term commencing on 1 July 2014. Pursuant to the provisions of section 21 of the Constitution, I notified the governors of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria of the vacancies in the representation of those states caused by the resignations. I have received through Her Excellency the Governor-General copies of certificates of the choice by the Parliament of New South Wales of Sam Dastyari and the Parliament of Victoria of Mehmet Tillem as senators to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Senators Thistlethwaite and Feeney. I table the documents.