Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (16:02): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: The question I'm being asked is: is leave granted for Senator Gallagher to make a short statement? Senator Bernardi: On a point of clarification, if formality has been denied, then I could seek to suspend standing orders. If Senator Gallagher would like to make a short statement before this motion is taken as formal, I'm happy to accede to that. But, if the Senate wants me to suspend standing orders, I'm happy to do that, too. The PRESIDENT: Senator Bernardi, I can only deal with what is before the chair. Formality has been denied to your motion. We have a request from a senator seeking leave of the Senate to make a short statement. Is leave granted? Leave is granted for one minute, Senator Gallagher. Senator GALLAGHER: Thank you, Mr President. Labor has denied formality to this motion today because we believe issues such as the one raised by Senator Bernardi in motion number 548 should not be dealt with by a simple motion of the Senate. It relates to matters of international political history across a number of different countries. We believe that, if you're moving motions like this, there should be the opportunity for substantive debate on the issue by other senators. That is why we do want to cooperate with Senator Bernardi. We notice that there is often a number of motions from him across a wide range of issues. We do like to work with Senator Bernardi but we also feel it's important that when there are motions being put like this where other contributions could be made, or should be made, about these topics they should be dealt with not in general business notices of motion but rather through matters of public importance, private senators' time or general business time.