George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

but this is now the point at which, according to your earlier rulings, a judgement has to be made about whether or not this is substantially the same as the motion the Senate voted to defeat last week. For the reasons I explained before, it is not possible to construe it otherwise, and if we cannot move this motion now, then as I said standing order 86 is a nullity.