Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order that Senator Ludwig made: it is my understanding—and I would ask you to rule on this—that when a person seeks leave to make a statement there are no restrictions on what he may say in that statement; there is only a time limit that is sometimes put on it. So, you can give leave for a certain time but, as I understand it, if a senator stands and says, ‘I seek leave to make a short statement,’ you cannot restrict the content of that statement; you can only ever put a time constraint on it.