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

by leave—I just checked with my office because I wanted to make sure people had been consulted in relation to this. There is now some doubt in my mind as to whether Senator Brown's office was consulted. We did understand that one of my staff had spoken to Senator Brown's staff. I am now in some doubt as to whether or not the message passed through the various channels. It is always with the consent of the chamber that we change hours. If I do not have the consent of everyone in the chamber then I certainly will not be proceeding with the motion. If everyone in the chamber does not want to use this time to deal with the Carbon Farming Initiative then I am happy to accept that and I can withdraw the motion.