Scott Ryan (President, Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Bernardi, I hasten to add that this is beyond the original point you raised as being a point of order. This is now a matter for a question. There are times on the daily schedule to do that, such as question time. My ruling is that there is no information brought before me to allow me to make a ruling on the matter you have raised. As I said earlier, it is a matter for each individual senator. If they feel they have reached that conclusion, they should bring that forward to the chamber. If not, there are provisions by which the Senate can act, and it has acted in the past in this term of parliament. But you have brought forward no information that would allow me to make a ruling contrary to that long-established practice.