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

Thank you, Mr President. I had almost finished my contribution when Senator Wong interrupted. She didn't raise a point of order; as is her wont, she just gets up and talks and thinks that different rules apply to her. When she spoke, I remind you, Mr President, she didn't even seek leave to make a statement; she just made a statement. It's an ongoing approach of the leader of the Labor Party in the Senate to simply believe that the rules of the Senate apply to everybody except her. What you've just seen there is typical of the CFMMEU bullying you get from the current Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.