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

Mr President, I raise a point of order. Standing order 193(2) provides:

A senator shall not refer to the Queen, the Governor-General or the Governor of a state disrespectfully in debate, or for the purpose of influencing the Senate in its deliberations.

There are two limbs to that standing order, Mr President, and the senator has violated both. He has referred disrespectfully to His Excellency the Governor-General not once but on several occasions and he has also invoked the Queen and the Governor-General for the purpose of influencing the Senate in its deliberations. This is a serious matter, and the Senator ought to be called firmly to order.