Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

To facilitate the progress of these matters—I think some reflection, when we have all had an opportunity to have some sleep, on some of these matters might be important too. To suggest that a senator participating cannot reflect on this process and the attrition that has been involved and the effect on all senators, and particularly on some—I made an alternative comment earlier, and certainly Senator Cormann did not take offence when I highlighted the fact that he was the one who had been sitting in this chamber the longest but still seemed relatively fresh, because that is what his behaviour has demonstrated. How it could be unparliamentary to suggest an alternative scenario only highlights the sensitivity of the Greens.