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

Order on my left! Can we at least give a minister a handful of seconds before the wall of noise starts? I appreciate active debate, but Senator Cash had barely completed her first sentence.

Honourable senators interjecting—

The continual noise will merely chew up time in question time. Can we give the minister an opportunity to address the question before the vigorous debate of question time leads to interjections?