Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Hang on. You granted leave to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate for 15 minutes. Be consistent here. You said you would grant leave to party leaders for 15 minutes. Be consistent. You said you would grant leave to party leaders for 15 minutes—

The CHAIR: Senator Di Natale, please resume your seat. Leave of five minutes has been granted. It's up to you whether you want to speak or not.

What a disgraceful, shameful act. What a dark day for the Senate here in Australia. Regardless of what you think of this piece of legislation, we should be at least entitled to have an opportunity, firstly, to interrogate it and to debate it—

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—