DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

The SPEAKER (14:26): I'm pleased to inform the House that present in the Speaker's gallery today is Mr Jeremy Hanson CSC MLA, the Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly. We also have the Rt Hon. John Lord Spellar of Smethwick, the United Kingdom's trade envoy to Australia.

Welcome, Lord Spellar. Also present in the gallery today are representatives of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students, who are in Canberra attending their annual political training seminar; delegates from Common Grace's annual Let Justice Flow Conference, which brings Christian advocates to Parliament House; a number of students and leaders and staff from the Islamic College of Brisbane, who are visiting Parliament House to learn more about Australia's system of democracy; and Lachlan Hunter MLA, the member for Central Wheatbelt and WA shadow minister for agriculture.

Welcome to you all. Honourable members: Hear, hear!