Guy Barnett (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Acting Deputy President, may I intervene here. Senator McEwen tabled the report on the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill and then immediately moved to the next report. I know that Senator Macdonald has been waiting patiently to speak to the report—he has been here for over an hour. I am not blaming anyone, but I am a little puzzled. Senator McEwen went straight from one report to another while Senator Macdonald was seeking the call, but he did not obtain it. Can the Clerk provide some advice on that, because my understanding is that Senator Macdonald is entitled to speak to the report.