Over in the senate, Pauline Hanson has nominated ACT independent David Pocock as the president of the Senate. He has respectfully declined the nomination (Labor’s Sue Lines will get the spot, just as Milton Dick will retain the Speaker spot in the House)

Grogs has pointed out that the ACT Labor reps, Andrew Leigh and Alicia Payne have also been relegated outback spots in the new house of representatives seating plan. David Smith is at the other end of the outback.

But both Leigh and Payne can console themselves that they are near one of the prime minister’s favourites, Patrick ‘Possum’ Gorman, so it’s not a punishment.