Speaker of the Senate
Speaker's Ruling – Point of Order by Senator Duffy
Honourable senators, I was going to take this under advisement, but I am now ready to rule. The standard rule in proceedings in this chamber is that you need unanimous consent for certain matters. I made the mistake of not hearing Senator Duffy. I do not think there was ever any question that Senator Duffy said “no.” The thing is that I was unable to hear him, so I made the mistake of proceeding.
So I would ask the leave of the chamber to reverse the decision to have dealt with this matter, so it goes back on the Order Paper.