Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

This has already degenerated, I think, to a standard that is not what people should expect.

Honourable senators interjecting—

No, I'm actually trying to defend her against being yelled at. So I would ask those opposite—I know that this is a difficult debate, but perhaps we can let Senator Hanson-Young finish and, if government senators wish to respond, they can. So could we try and maintain some dignity in a very difficult time. I have not, in the time I have been here, seen the motion passed that we have just passed, so perhaps we can all reflect soberly on the fact that we've just had to do that.