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

Yes, there was some confusion, Senator Parry, you are correct. But you do not get to decide what the government’s business program is. This is the bill that the government would like, and needs, to bring forward to start the debate. Let us bring the debate on. Let us have the debate and let us stop the senseless filibustering, the outrageous oppositionism and the hijacking of this chamber that has gone on all week.