Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

I am asking for clarification as to the accuracy of the Hansard record yesterday after question time. I refer to page 22 of the proof. Yesterday, after the last question in question time, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Evans, when putting further questions on notice, stated: ‘Thank you Mr President, as tempted as I am to ask Senator Conroy to further explain the subject matter, I suggest we put further questions on notice. Yet the Hansard record simply said—

Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Hansard didn’t make the irony.

John Hogg (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz, please let Senator Coonan make the statement. I am trying to get this in context.

Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

That appears on the audio of what was said and the record of proceedings of the Senate, yet the Hansard proof at page 22 records just these words:

Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.

My request to you, Mr President, is that the audio be checked for accuracy and the Hansard amended if it is not accurate.

John Hogg (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have not seen the proof Hansard. I will take on notice what you have said. I will review it, and I will get back to you or to the chamber.