Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Acting Deputy President, could I see if we can see a way through this? I am very keen to support the chair; we have always supported the chair in rulings. I was not in the chamber for the remarks et cetera, and I do not want to delay the Senate unnecessarily, nor do we really want to get to the situation of naming senators. We have not got there for many years, and I think it has been a sign of maturity in the chamber that we have moved on from those sorts of things.