Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That general business notice of motion no. 478 be postponed till the next day of sitting.

What I am going to do is seek leave to postpone this motion, and I shall say why—that is, I am really genuine about making sure that we get a motion here which reflects the view of the Senate on the situation in Lebanon and in Israel. I am totally committed to working on a motion that we can all support, because this is about the Senate wanting to make a statement about the loss of life that is occurring. I have tried to make the motion really simple so that it could be supported, but if the Labor Party have additional things they would like to put into it, I am always open to discussion and more than happy to do that. So I will postpone this motion in order that we can have that discussion and have a statement from the Senate about the loss of life that is occurring.