Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Temporary Chairman, I raise a point of order. We have been pretty relaxed about the debate over the course of the night and we have let the insults be hurled thick and fast, but there is a line that you do not cross. Senator Collins has just crossed that line and made what is a disgraceful attribution to Senator Rhiannon, only a moment after you asked her specifically to conduct this debate with a little more respect. I would ask that Senator Collins withdraw that remark and start conducting this debate with a little more respect for her colleagues and indeed the institution.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Di Natale, I think you raise a valid point. Senator Collins, I would ask you to withdraw that last comment.