Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a statement of two minutes.

Leave not granted.

Pursuant to contingent notice standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from making a statement.

What we have seen here is the government doing absolutely everything that they possibly can to deny this chamber the opportunity to even talk about a significant change to the order of proceedings for today, on the basis of the fact that they have eventually done a deal with the Greens to bring back on the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill and associated bills. I ask those up the other end of the chamber, the Greens, who have obviously done a deal with the government for this: Senator Shoebridge, what sorts of dirty deals in dark, smoke-filled rooms have been done that you're always so often—