Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Acting Deputy President, on the point of order: It is a longstanding convention in this place that you go to alternate sides of the chamber. I have to admit that I have not been here as long as some of the senior people in here, but debate usually goes to alternate sides of the chamber. The process was that we went from the ALP leading the motion, to the opposition and then to the Greens. Then we started again with the ALP opposition. The Greens could have been called, but we jumped up. The process consistently followed in this place is the chair has the discretion on who jumped at the time and makes that call. My proposition, then, is that we follow that call. You have the decision on who to give the call.