Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Unfortunately, we cannot debate it; he will not let us. Given the President’s reply to the minister’s letter, and I quote:

... it is quite inappropriate for you to ask me to take steps to ensure that a bill does not proceed on any basis—

isn’t this embarrassing for the minister to be so shown up as to his complete lack of understanding of proper Senate processes; and why is the minister going to such lengths to inappropriately interfere to stop the bill proceeding?