Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

On the matter of urgency to suspend, the Greens will not be supporting this suspension. However, it is quite clear that question time has become an absolute farce, that the respect across the chamber is at an all-time low and that we obviously need to do something about putting a bit more order in place. I'll take up one point that Senator Wong raised. And, I must say, I felt—with all due respect, Senator Wong—I know you weren't here last week, but I'm not sure you're really listening and hearing what the rest of the chamber is saying. To stand here today and argue that, in the past, the two major parties have been able to decide and dictate when to 'play the crossbench in'—that's not exactly what any of us on this end of the chamber like to hear right now.

The two-party system is crumbling. Voters don't like it, that's why they voted at the last election, at record levels, against the two major parties.