Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I am seeking to make a point of order. Chair, as you heard from Senator Fifield in the discussion about who had the call, I was on my feet, Senator Madigan it was on his feet. You had acknowledged that Senator Cameron had ceded the call. You are in the chair. You could rightly have given the call to either of us. I was looking over to Senator Madigan to seek to gesture as to whether he would like to take the call first, as an act of goodwill to Senator Madigan. You rushed to quickly give the call back to Senator Cameron. Chair, there are protocols adopted in this chamber. I am more than happy to take the call, but if Senator Madigan wishes to speak I was, given he was also on his feet, accommodating his willingness to do so.