John Williams NSW, National Party
3:07 pm
Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to table the electricity invoices from Grain Products Australia, all six of them over the three-month period, as I stated in a question during question time.
Leave not granted.
Unidentified interjection - Hansard doesn't record who said this
Opposition Senators:
Opposition senators interjecting—
Jacinta Collins Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations
Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to make a brief statement.
Jacinta Collins Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations
Thank you, Mr Deputy President. The issue here is that we have been asked to allow for this document to be tabled—
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing
You demanded it, you silly woman!
Jacinta Collins Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations
Until the usual courtesies have been followed and we can consider the document that is proposed—
Opposition senators interjecting—
Stephen Parry Tasmania, Liberal Party
Order on my left! Senator Collins, resume your seat.
Opposition senators interjecting—
Senators on my left, you are delaying time for motions to take note of answers.
Government senators interjecting—
And also senators on my right!
Senator Crossin interjecting—
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing
Women on your side are all quota girls!
Jacinta Collins Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations
You are now on the record!
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing
I've been on the record before. You didn’t have to work as hard as everyone else to be here.
Stephen Parry Tasmania, Liberal Party
Order! Senator Collins, you have the call.
Jacinta Collins Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations
The government would seek to see the document that has been proposed by Senator Williams, as is the usual courtesy.
John Williams NSW, National Party
3:08 pm
Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to make a brief statement for one minute.
John Williams NSW, National Party
I intend to copy this and circulate it around the chamber so everyone can see it. The government called for these very documents, these electricity invoices, during question time. The government called for them and we have them here. Let us see if this is the open and transparent government under Ms Gillard that we were told about on 21 August 2010. Mr Deputy President, I will have these copied. I will circulate them around the chamber and then between the hours of 4 and 5, when I am on whips duty, I will move to have them tabled, as requested by the government, who wanted to see these invoices and see that the question I put in question time is true, honest and factual.