Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) | Hansard source

I rise on a point of order on relevance. The government and the opposition conspired to gag this debate tonight and the minister has taken up half the time, which I think was set aside for other senators who did not get an opportunity in the second reading debate to put points of view. The minister is repeatedly going over points that were already raised in the second reading debate by government ministers. So on the grounds of repetition, with the limited time we have, I would ask if we could be succinct and give all senators the respect and opportunity to contribute to this important debate.