Senate debates

Thursday, 9 August 2007

Senator Heffernan

10:21 am

Photo of Chris EvansChris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—
(a)
condemns the actions of Senator Heffernan in gatecrashing the press conference of a delegation of Indigenous leaders on 7 August 2007;
(b)
notes that this is now the third time Senator Heffernan has committed such an offence;
(c)
calls on the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) to discipline his close friend, Senator Heffernan, and require him to observe the normal courtesies extended to visiting delegations and fellow parliamentarians; and
(d)
believes that retaliation for Senator Heffernan’s actions would not add to the dignity of the parliamentary process.

Question put.

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