Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, you referred there to a question by Senator Wong about the appropriateness of a question, and you then went back to Odgers and previous rulings. In the last 24 hours I have written to you, because it seems to me that many of us as senators rely on the standing orders, yet the historical rulings attached to some of the standing orders seem to contradict the standing orders as they are now and appear for us. In the interests of clarification, I am going to suggest that you put together a working committee of senators to see whether we can bring the standing orders up to date and to be consistent with the practice of the Senate so that we can rely on them in trying to uphold the values and procedures of this place.