Derryn Hinch (Victoria, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) Share this | Hansard source

My apologies to Senator Wong; it is my newcomer ignorance that I did not follow a formality. It was not meant as any manner of disrespect at all to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. What I was trying to do was have the motion accepted this morning amended. That date, 28 November, was picked to help the Clerk of the Senate, because they wanted to have a bit of time to do some drafting. I would like to now move that date forward. I thought I had some agreement that we would move it forward to 7 November, which is the first sitting day of the next session. I just want to stress that the only reason why the 28 November date was ever picked was that I was trying to make things easier for the Clerk of the Senate. That is why we picked Monday, 28 November. I would now like to try to change it, if I get permission to move it, to 7 November.