Julian McGauran (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will be reading the question before the chair. For the benefit of those on the other side of the chamber, what I am trying to establish here is that the weight and importance being placed on this motion is minimal. It really is not as important as the strutting of Senator Brown would have us believe. That is the point I am trying to make. The government have supplied five of the eight speakers. This is the weakest speaking list I have ever seen for general business.