Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

All we have to do is actually have the bill brought before us. Bring the bill on, have the vote. What are you afraid of? Why are you turning the Senate into a complete farce—thinking that you are in charge to determine the government’s order of bills and business and times? You think you are in government still. You have not got over the fact that you have lost. It is time that you woke up to yourselves. Bring the bill on, stop hiding your divisions and let’s have the vote.