Senate debates

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Motions

Questions Without Notice

4:13 pm

Photo of Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

Yes—the suspension of the Senate which is being requested so a certain senator can ask questions about cane farmers in Queensland. I'm concerned that the tactics committee of the Labor government has not sought to prioritise Queensland cane farmers or, indeed, middle-aged women in Adelaide on behalf of Senator Smith, who lives just down the road from the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing. She could literally just go and ask Mark Butler on behalf of her constituents. She could even run a forum next weekend in Adelaide on the issue she—

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