Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I understand that there are some quirks and peculiarities about Senate procedure. For instance a Thursday sitting is sometimes considered to be continuing on a Friday, and that in a Senate sense a Friday can, in effect, be a Thursday. I understand that what you are suggesting is that because a sequence of votes commenced before noon, therefore, the passing of a motion after noon should be deemed to have occurred before noon—in effect, the Senate backdating time. I appreciate that for the records of the Senate—