Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—It seems, Senator Brown, that there may have been an oversight. I asked my staff to contact the various Independents, and obviously the Greens as well, to indicate that I sought from those opposite additional time to deal with government business in the program this week. It involved two 30-minutes slots for government documents. The opposition indicated that that was okay and, on that basis, I proceeded with the motion. I also seek your concurrence so that we can deal with some of the legislative program this week and allow debate.