MOTIONS › Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders
Senator SCULLION (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (14:46): I rise to speak against the motion moved by Senator Di Natale. I will cut straight to the nub of this issue: it is absolutely appalling for Senator Di Natale, the leader of the Greens, to condemn 60 million Americans simply for exercising their democratic right to pick and choose their President. If the Greens do not believe in democracy, perhaps they should have stated that at the outset. The PRESIDENT: The time for the debate has expired. The question is that the motion moved by Senator Di Natale to suspend standing orders be agreed to. Question negatived.