Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy President, I rise on a point of order. I could not hear the speaker because the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Manager of Government Business in the Senate were chatting among themselves. What Senator Brandis is saying was particularly important, and I think the Manager of Government Business would benefit if he actually listened to what Senator Brandis is saying.