Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I raise a point of order. I just want to clarify your ruling, if I may, Mr President. I understood Senator Conroy to have been critical of the government. What you are ruling, if I can be clear about it—because I think it is useful for us to be clear about it—is that a reference to dragging the office into a political debate, you are saying, is manipulation. I would ask you to reflect upon whether that is an accurate interpretation of those words. I think if manipulation had been held, I can understand the ruling the President would make.

Senator Conroy interjecting —