Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy President, I do not want to be obstructive to the Senate, given the lateness of the hour, but I was not alone in hearing Senator Feeney call in favour of the ayes, and that means there were three for the ayes and he refused to vote with the ayes—that is how he called it. When you questioned Senator Feeney with respect to this, he did not provide an answer. He grinned, he may have blushed and looked embarrassed, but he did not deny the fact. I ask you to call upon Senator Feeney to explain why he made a call for the ayes and then voted with the noes.