Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I might assist members by giving some advice to the best of our knowledge, given that the workings of the Senate are sometimes complex, that it is intended that very soon we will be suspending the sitting and we will return at 9 am tomorrow. There has been an attempt tonight, might I say with good cooperation from the Manager of Opposition Business—I thank the opposition for the cooperation that has been shown—to try to get to a situation whereby we did not have to sit tomorrow, given that I know that electorate commitments have been made. We will be as quick as is possible, given that some of that might be determined by how long the Senate takes to consider issues. But it is envisaged that it will be done as quickly as possible. I know that once we go past an hour there will be difficulties in people getting flights out of Canberra. So we will sit and deal with the business that we have to deal with tomorrow morning.

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