Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on the point of order: the difficulty we have is that if we defer it to a later hour then it becomes a motion which can be debated. This is the difficulty with all of these things: when you choose to do something, you can have consequences—so, as long as we understand that, if we defer it for a later hour, it becomes a matter that can be debated.