Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Acting Deputy President, I want to raise a point of order. I did the previous speaker the courtesy of not interrupting him—a courtesy which, I might say, he doesn't show to other senators. I draw your attention to standing order 193, which says senators shall not make imputations of improper motives or personal reflections upon other senators. Not only did Senator Whish-Wilson do that but, in a cowardly way, he did it when he and everyone of this chamber knows that Senator Abetz is not in the parliament this week because of his wife's illness. I draw to your attention standing order 193. You might ask Senator Whish-Wilson to withdraw those imputations.