Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Wong, we normally do things numerically on Thursdays, because of the hard marker. At the start of this session I announced I would not do that today, because there was no hard marker at 12.45; otherwise everyone spends an hour in the chamber. If at any point someone would like to come to me and say, 'We have skipped my motion. Why?' or 'Could we do it earlier?' I have previously indicated I'm more than happy to. If people are indicating they would like to go back to an earlier motion, please just bring it to my attention and I'll do my best, particularly if it's party leaders or whips making the request. So—

An honourable senator interjecting—

Well, I was now moving to matter No. 22, because—

Senator Cormann interjecting—

What motion would you like to deal with?