Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

condemns the actions of Senator Heffernan in gatecrashing the press conference of a delegation of Indigenous leaders on 7 August 2007;

(b)

notes that this is now the third time Senator Heffernan has committed such an offence;

(c)

calls on the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) to discipline his close friend, Senator Heffernan, and require him to observe the normal courtesies extended to visiting delegations and fellow parliamentarians; and

(d)

believes that retaliation for Senator Heffernan’s actions would not add to the dignity of the parliamentary process.

Question put.