Stephen Parry (President) Share this | Hansard source

My rulings have always been, Senator Hinch, that I'm not going to dictate the standard of dress for senators in this chamber. I believe senators should be making their own decisions about their standard of dress. I will enforce the rules in relation to advertising material or in relation to inappropriate attire such as pyjamas and things like that, which has happened in the past. But, as I indicated, I'm going to reflect on the situation we have before us. I don't want to make a decision or a rash statement about that at the moment. And I'll be happy to entertain, outside of question time, senators' views about the matter. We'll proceed with question time. I call Senator Dastyari.