Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Acting Deputy President, I rise on a point of order. Is this appropriate? The normal courtesies of the chamber and the way in which we operate are that we are informed in advance as to who is going to speak on a bill. That has not happened in this case. Senator Macdonald, I would accept, has a right to speak on a bill, but the courtesy and the way the chamber operates in practice is that people are notified.