Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That a motion relating to the conduct of a senator may be moved immediately and determined without amendment and that the question be put after 30 minutes of debate, allowing for five minutes per speaker, and government business be called on by no later than 6.30 pm, commencing with consideration of the motion to take note of the Closing the Gap statement and related documents.

If I may explain just briefly, this relates to the motion in relation to Senator Hanson's comments. However, the government does wish to ensure that we complete the Closing the Gap debate. I note that senators from both sides are still on the list and have not yet spoken, so, in order to ensure we have a hard marker where we can return to that, I'm seeking to move a motion that that come back on at 6.30.

Question agreed to.