Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

and that a review of the Hansard will show that what the minister moved was instead that business of the Senate notice of motion No. 1 be called on immediately and determined without amendment or debate. That is all that the minister said. She did not say at the conclusion of that, 'And that the question be now put.' It was on that basis that I was seeking the call at that time, but right now we are in the midst of the bells ringing for a division on a motion you have called that I believe has already been determined by the Senate.