Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—Rather than go through the convoluted process of suspending standing orders and the denial of formality, as we have done in the past, I foreshadow that I will simply seek to move motions Nos 136 and 137 standing in my name together and then have a debate on that issue, which is the setting up of select committees. I foreshadow that I will seek leave of the Senate to do it with that rather shortcut approach.