Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

Before I invite the Deputy President to resume the chair, Senator Whish-Wilson, during that conversation I asked you to reconsider the use of a term that you used. I am advised by the Clerk that it is not unparliamentary. However, there is a standing order that suggests that we should not be reflecting poorly on other senators simply for voicing their opinions. As the chair, that is how I seek to uphold the standing orders. But you have done nothing incorrect. I merely remind senators that this is a debate of substance rather than reflecting on other individual senators.