Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Hansard source

No, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have a point of order. We do not wish to challenge supply to the government. What we wish to challenge is the process here, and we can do that in a number of ways. We could do that through a dissent motion if need be, but we would ask that we be allowed to make a contribution and that it be put on the record. The member for Blaxland is about to put on the record his questions about trade, and I would like the opportunity to put on the record questions regarding tourism. Then we can move on, and you can put that resolution re the appropriation. That is a reasonable compromise to put forward on our behalf, which it is up to this chamber to determine. The minister opposite can be reasonable from time to time, and I would ask that this be one of those occasions, rather than our having a belligerent debate about procedures that will waste the time of this chamber.

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