Party whips are always appointed by the political parties to ensure party discipline, help manage legislative business and carry out a variety of other functions on behalf of the party leadership. They need to ensure sufficient number of members and senators are present to take part in votes in the chamber, and to maintain a parliamentary quorum and to prevent censure motions succeeding.
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