Senator WONG (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (10:56): I seek leave to move a motion adjourning the two items of business—adjourning the Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 to a later hour. Leave not granted. Senator WONG: I move: That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion adjourning these items to a later hour of the day. Senator Fifield: Mr Acting Deputy President, I rise on a point of order. The Senate has already determined that the motion which I was seeking to move and have indeed moved would be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate. There is currently a question before the chair. Senator Wong sought leave to suspend standing orders to move an amendment to the motion that I had moved. The Senate determined that that should not happen. Senator Wong is now seeking to bring an entirely different question before the chamber. She is not seeking to amend my motion, so the motion which I have moved needs to be determined before there can be another question put before the chamber. Senator WONG: I am not sure; I may have misspoken or the manager may have misunderstood. I moved that the question on this motion be adjourned to a later hour. Senator Heffernan: I move we go home for Christmas! Senator WONG: Hear, hear! The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Williams ): My advice is that, even if leave was granted, I could not entertain such a motion. I will put the question. The question is— Senator WONG: Sorry; I ask for an explanation on your ruling. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The motion put before the chair needs to be without amendment or debate; therefore, your motion is not in order. Senator WONG: To clarify: I am seeking leave to move that the question on this motion be adjourned to a later hour. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Yes, and leave has been denied. Senator WONG: And I am seeking, therefore, to move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving that the question on this motion be adjourned to a later hour pursuant to contingent notice of motion. Senator Cormann: Mr Acting Deputy President, I rise on a point of order. The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is now defying your ruling. You have already ruled that there is a question before the chair. There is a motion to be settled without amendment or debate, and we now should proceed with the vote on that motion. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cormann. Senator Conroy interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Order, Senator Conroy! I am not going to take your point of order at the moment, Senator Cameron; I want to clarify things. The Senate has determined that the motion moved by Senator Fifield be determined without amendment or debate. As suspension of the standing orders has already been entertained, extended and debated, to allow further motions to suspend standing orders would undermine the will of the Senate. Honourable senators interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Senator WONG: I have a question of clarification, Mr Acting Deputy President. I am moving that the question on the motion be adjourned to a later hour. With respect, I do not understand why the Senate cannot determine that issue. I am not sure it is opposite. Senator Fifield interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Order, Senator Fifield. The motion is not in order. This is in accordance with the proceedings of the Senate, and that is the situation and the advice I have had. Senator WONG: Mr Acting Deputy President, what I would submit is that it is for the Senate to determine its will, not the chair, and the Senate— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The Senate has now debated the issue on the standing orders, Senator Wong, and the motion will be now put. The PRESIDENT: The question is that the motion moved by the minister be agreed to.