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

Mr Deputy President, I rise on a point of order. You said to Senator Cash that she was extending from an invitation to make a short statement for two minutes. It then appeared that we were entertaining a debate in relation to the motion. I would submit that this is not the time for a debate to occur in relation to the motion. It is out of order. It is an opportunity for people to explain something about the motion rather than take a two-minute opportunity to read a written speech into the record.