She is watching proceedings from the chamber.
The Senate chamber is experiencing one of its rare instances of double-parking, as MPs from the House of Representatives cram into the red leather next to their upper house colleagues.
In one bench designed to accommodate just two senatorial posteriors, for instance, Deputy PM Richard Marles and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have wedged themselves in next to Penny Wong, chatting animatedly.
The Senator of the moment — Fatima Payman — has headed for the temporary seating set up against the wall of the chamber, where she’s absorbed in her phone.
There are a few surprising faces in unusual spots. Seven’s political editor Mark Riley, for instance, wattle-besprigged, is occupying a crossbench Senate spot (he’s the brother in law of the new GG).
And in the box normally reserved for senior advisers to the Opposition, Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull are chatting with Glyn Davis. Up in the public gallery, Chief of the Defence Force Angus Campbell is in the front row, sporting about eight kilos of military hardware, while Sydney hip-hop artist Kween G — seated in the second row — delivers a quasi-regal presence.