John Hogg (President) Share this | Hansard source

Order! Senator Fisher, you are entitled to be heard in silence. Some of your colleagues could not hear the question and would like it repeated. This is an important part of question time. People are entitled to hear the question during question time. Extraneous interjections do not help the conduct of question time. I believe—and I have been reasonably fair on this—that people should be heard in silence when the question is being asked. I think that is one of the things which we need to pay closer attention to in this chamber. Senator Fisher, I understand your question has not been fully heard and I ask you to ask it again. Those on my right, refrain from interjections.