Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

In my closing remarks, I draw attention to this particular issue—that there is a very big difference between a procedural motion and a substantial motion. We are today seeking only to deal with a procedural motion, and all the Greens have done, by their actions, is conflate the substantive issue with a procedural motion. We should focus on the procedural motion, which the opposition will be supporting, and then deal with the substantive motion at the appropriate time. This is nothing more than plain grandstanding by the Greens and others in the chamber. Let's respect the conventions of this chamber. All the Greens are doing at the moment is drawing light on the fact they're an activist party that has got no respect for the conventions of this chamber. The opposition does, and I'm sure the government does too. We should respect those conventions and deal with the procedural matter before us.