The position also has responsibilities relating to the administration of the Senate and the management of Parliament House. The President is also the spokesperson for the Senate, who represents the Senate in dealings with the Governor-General, the executive government, the House of Representatives and persons outside the Parliament, and overseas. The President of the Senate in the Australian Parliament is the presiding officer who chairs meetings of the Senate. The President of the Senate Senator the Hon Slade Brockman,
Presidents participate in the deliberations of the Senate.
