Alan Ferguson Deputy-President
3:29 pm
The President has received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz) nominating a senator to be a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia, consequent on the retirement of Senator Trood.
Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation
by leave—I move:
That, in accordance with the provisions of the National Library Act 1960, the Senate elect Senator Humphries to be a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia on and from 1 July 2011, for a period of 3 years, consequent on the retirement of Senator Trood.
Question agreed to.