Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—Mr President, during question time today Senator Sherry referred to the National Party as ‘the doormats of the Liberal Party’.

Government Senators:

Government senators interjecting—

Alan Ferguson (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order on my right!

Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You won’t even be that shortly!

Alan Ferguson (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Conroy, I have called you to order.

Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I want to ask whether under standing order 193 that is unparliamentary and, if that is the case, whether you can instruct the minister to withdraw the comment.

Alan Ferguson (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I will look carefully at that, Senator Joyce, and I will give you a response.