I would like to inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon the Ambassador of Slovenia. On behalf of the House, a very warm welcome to you from the House of Representatives.

Honourable members: Hear, hear!

The Member for Sydney indicated that she wanted to rise on indulgence very briefly.

on indulgence—

The member for Sydney's speech in Slovenian was unavailable at the time of publication .

It's a great pleasure to be able to celebrate in the Australian parliament 30 years of Slovenian independence this week.