Senate debates Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)
Motion for Disallowance
Ruth Webber WA, Australian Labor Party
5:19 pm
I seek leave to have the question on the previous vote put again.
Leave granted.
Steve Hutchins NSW, Australian Labor Party
The question is that the disallowance motion moved by Senator Joyce be agreed to.
A division having been called and the bells having been rung—
Stephen Conroy Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
I seek leave to explain my absence from the last division.
Leave granted.
I was doing a media interview and was in a bit of a lather, which will come as no surprise, over the appointment of Keith Windschuttle to the ABC board. It is an unbelievable appointment. I seek the chamber’s forgiveness.
Kerry O'Brien Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Transport
I also seek leave to explain my absence from the last division.
Leave granted.
I was absent because I was engaged in conversations about the cancellation of certain services into South Australia and Northern Tasmania by Qantas.
Question put:
That the motion (Senator Joyce’s) be agreed to.
