Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I indicate that I will not be opposing Senator Fielding’s motion, principally because you ruled yesterday that this was not a trivial matter and it ought to be dealt with. But I do not think that anyone can reasonably say that the matters Senator Fielding wishes to be looked at could be compared to the matters raised in Senator Evans’s motion, so there is a difference. I think that it is appropriate for the Privileges Committee, given your ruling, to ventilate the issues raised in Senator Fielding’s motion and that it be dealt with.