Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I am sticking to the motion, with all due respect, because I am speaking directly to why (a) I am supporting Senator Bridget McKenzie's right to actually speak in this chamber and (b) I am supporting the right of any elected member of this chamber to come in and exercise a right that they have under the standing orders of the Senate and, more than that, a right that we are here to exercise on behalf of the Australian public. What is wrong with this government? Why do you hate it when senators in this place who are not elected as part of your political party stand up and give an opposing view? What problem do you have with senators in this chamber coming in and representing—