Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Regarding the management of the House, it will not surprise colleagues to hear that the Senate is not being as helpful as the House of Representatives would like it to be and the likelihood is that it will sit well into the night and into the early hours of the morning—although sometimes the senators do not find their speeches as exciting at 1 am as they thought they were going to when they wrote them at 9 am, so we will see if they start to change their minds about that. I am in constant communication with the managers of government business in the Senate, and their view—

Mr Albanese interjecting—

They like me very much, actually—not as much as you like me, it is true!

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