Senate debates

Tuesday, 27 March 2007

Senator Heffernan

3:30 pm

Photo of Robert RayRobert Ray (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate:
(a)
regrets the actions of Senator Heffernan in gatecrashing the press conference of a Labor front-bencher;
(b)
notes that this is the second time Senator Heffernan has committed such an offence;
(c)
calls on the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) to counsel his close friend, Senator Heffernan, as to the courtesies extended to fellow parliamentarians; and
(d)
believes that retaliation for Senator Heffernan’s actions will not add to the dignity of the parliamentary process.

Question put.