CONDOLENCES

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Sterle ) (18:55): If the Senate may indulge me for just a couple of seconds, I did have the privilege of serving with Eggy. You hear the statement 'a gentleman and a scholar'; there could be no truer words spoken about Eggy. He was an absolute diamond.

To his family and friends and to the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party: you've lost a champion there. Eggy, rest in peace, mate. Question agreed to, honourable senators joining in a moment of silence.