Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Senators Sworn
His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery, Companion in the Order of Australia, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Military Cross, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, entered the chamber and, taking his seat on the dais, said:
Honourable senators:
I am present to administer to senators elected to serve in the Senate from 1 July 2008 the oath or affirmation of allegiance, as required by section 42 of the Constitution.
The Clerk:
I lay on the table the certificates of election of senators elected to serve in the Senate from 1 July 2008:
New South Wales—Mark Victor Arbib, Douglas Niven Cameron, Helen Lloyd Coonan, Marise Ann Payne, Ursula Mary Stephens, John Reginald Williams
Queensland—Ronald Leslie Doyle Boswell, Suzanne Kay Boyce, Mark Lionel Furner, John Joseph Hogg, Ian Douglas Macdonald, Claire Mary Moore
South Australia—Cory Bernardi, Simon John Birmingham, Donald Edward Farrell, Sarah Coral Hanson-Young, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Nicholas Xenophon
Tasmania—Catryna Louise Bilyk, Carol Louise Brown, Robert James Brown, David Christopher Bushby, Richard Mansell Colbeck, Nicholas John Sherry
Victoria—Jacinta Mary Ann Collins, David Ian Feeney, Mitchell Peter Fifield, Helen Kroger, Gavin Mark Marshall, Scott Michael Ryan
Western Australia—Thomas Mark Bishop, Michaelia Clare Cash, Alan Eggleston, David Albert Lloyd Johnston, Scott Ludlam, Louise Clare Pratt
The abovenamed senators (with the exception of Senator Sherry—leave of absence on parliamentary business overseas) made and subscribed the oath or affirmation of allegiance.
His Excellency the Governor-General having congratulated senators and retired—