Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

I'm going to look to the Clerk, and I am happy to be corrected. I am looking at standing orders 86 and 87. Standing order 87 states:

An order, resolution, or vote of the Senate may be rescinded, but not during the same session unless 7 days' notice is given—

Amongst other requirements, and standing order 86(1) states:

A question shall not be proposed if it is the same in substance as any question which has been determined during the same session, unless the order, resolution, or vote on such question was determined more than 6 months previously or has been rescinded.

Paragraph (2) refers to disallowance of instruments, which I don't deem as relevant. So, I do not consider such a motion to be in order, Senator Waters. I am happy to be corrected by the Clerk. But I consider that standing order 87 prevents the consideration of that without notice. The Clerk has, very happily from my perspective, concurred with my on-the-run interpretation.

Leave not granted.