Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Can I just say something. I know what's going on here. I'm not unfamiliar with procedure or what's going on. Can I make it easy? The message you're worried about hasn't even arrived. It hasn't—I'm just telling you.

Government members interjecting—

No, members on my right, it hasn't arrived and, even if it had arrived, in the ordinary course of events it wouldn't be dealt with today. Let me make a point about the Senate. Sure, they send messages over and they get dealt with, but it's not here—that's the fact. So we can argue about this till 4.30 if you want to. I think a better use of time would allow question time to continue. Why don't we give some of those members that don't usually get a question a go? That's what I think should happen.

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