Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Acting Deputy President, I raise a point of order which, in deference to my colleague Senator Patterson, I deferred till the end of her speech. In the course of Senator Patterson’s speech, she suggested that I and perhaps other senators who were participating in this debate were not interested. As the chamber knows, arrangements are made as to party debate on this issue, and senators are allocated time. But what we note is that Senator Santoro, the minister, is not here.