John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I would like to make a couple of points on the point of order. First of all, I would suggest to you respectfully that it is not a point of order that Senator Macdonald has taken. He may believe that he has reason to perhaps seek leave because he has been misrepresented and make a statement, but using the guise—using the device, if you like—of a point of order to make that statement I believe is inappropriate. Also, I would make the point, which I think is valid, that any such point of order, or alleged point of order, should be taken at the time—