John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. I have listened very carefully to Senator McGauran. I am very reluctant to take this point of order but we have to be careful here about standing order 194, where it is not competent for a senator to anticipate a discussion of any subject which appears on the Notice Paper. I am concerned that Senator McGauran may be offending that standing order. However, I try to be generous in these things, particularly because these are matters subject to conscience votes in this place and one has to be very careful about this. But the anticipation point is a reasonable one and it is often made, so I ask for your guidance on that. Perhaps you would ask Senator McGauran to ensure that he respects that in his contribution.