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

Mr President, I think that reference was politically motivated and I think it has been appropriate that the Privileges Committee has done its job, as it always has in the past, with independence and a bipartisan approach to making sure that we protect the privileges of the Senate, and I congratulate it on its work.

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—