Sue Boyce (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I apologise again for that, Mr President. Mr President, let me say to the Senate that I am sincerely sorry for the inconvenience I have caused by missing that division. I have in other circumstances joked that I have a pavlovian response to the division bells. I was attending a Water Services Association of Australia function which was being addressed by Senator Wong at the time. When I was told that I had missed this division, I said to colleagues there that the bells did not ring. They told me that the bells did ring up there. I genuinely would like to tell the Senate that I did not hear those bells. I am very sorry, and I guarantee that I will not miss another division.