Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Temporary Chair, on the point of order: the debate is free-flowing. Twice now the Labor Party have interrupted it with precious points of order whilst at the same time—

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: And what is your point of order, Senator Macdonald?

the speaker before you was using terms like 'knucklehead', but nobody interrupted the debate and stopped him. I ask you to let the debate flow. If you are going to stop that sort of name-calling, I suggest you start with the speaker who has the call.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: I was endeavouring to listen to the speaker so I did not hear the interjections across the chamber. Senator Heffernan, do you wish to withdraw?