Senator PATRICK (South Australia) (12:52): The Centre Alliance will be not be supporting the suspension of standing orders. It has nothing to do with our position on the bill at all; it's simply that we support the convention that the government has control of its legislative agenda. Opposition senators interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Whish-Wilson ): I ask that Senator Patrick be given another 15 seconds to finish what he was saying. Senator PATRICK: We support the convention that the government has control of its legislative agenda. This is a view that we should share, no matter who was in government. That's our position on it. The PRESIDENT: The question is that the motion moved by Senator Wong be agreed to.