Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a one-minute statement.

Leave granted.

Mr President, regrettably, Senator Lambie's former party has form in this place of moving procedural and other motions and not speaking to them by design. That is what we thought Senator Lambie was doing yet again, and now Senator Wong sees a genuine mistake without even having spoken to Senator Lambie. So here we are, having the opposition championing on the cause of Senator Lambie. Senator Lambie has now been in this place for a number of months and should be aware of the procedures. If Senator Lambie did not know that she should have spoken to her motion when she moved it, so be it. Let her acknowledge that. As the government we would be prepared to extend the courtesy to her.