Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I was just making the point that Labor has always taken the view that the sitting program is the government's to determine, which is why we won't be supporting your amendment, even though we have sympathy, and we acknowledge that the government have a very low number of sitting days for this chamber because they have lost control of it. But I would point out the purpose of convention in this place to allow the smooth operating of this chamber, and I urge the government to consider that in light of the request that Senator O'Neill made about the previous matter before you, Mr President.