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

I seek leave to make a very short statement, just to correct a matter that was raised by Senator Ludwig.

Leave granted.

Senator Ludwig, in his contribution, referred to the fact that these were the opposition’s standing orders and procedures that were put in place for question time. I remind Senator Ludwig that in fact no-one in this chamber has a majority. Unless a majority of members of this Senate approve of a proposal before the Senate, it is not accepted. So a majority of senators in this place believe that the current procedures that apply to question time should be those that the Senate operates under. I would like—