Senator WATERS (Queensland) (16:10): I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 1159 simply to add a date, relating to abortion law reform in Queensland, before asking that it be taken as a formal motion. Leave granted. Senator WATERS: I amend the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber and I ask that it be taken as formal. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Is there any objection to the motion being taken as formal? Senator O'Sullivan interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Okay. So we revert back to the original. Are you seeking a point of order, Senator O'Sullivan? Senator O'Sullivan: I'm seeking a point of order to clarify the position. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Go ahead. Senator O'Sullivan: I did not object to the amendment. That amendment was made. I object to the formality now of the amended motion. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Formality has been denied. Senator Waters, are you seeking the call? Senator WATERS: I am. In lieu of suspending standing orders, I seek leave to make a short statement. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator WATERS: You may well be able to deny me leave to move this motion, Senator O'Sullivan, but you can no longer deny me or any woman the right to do what we choose with our bodies. Abortion is now legal in Queensland, after almost 120 years of it being a crime. This motion would simply have congratulated the hardworking advocates who championed for decades for women to have the right to make a decision about their own bodies. Senator O'Sullivan, taking the highly unusual step of denying me leave so that the Senate can't even consider this motion, typifies everything that's wrong with the abortion debate: men telling women what they can and can't do. Senator O'Sullivan is still trying to have the last say on abortion, but you lost that vote. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Waters, I do remind you to address your remarks— Senator Waters: Through you, Deputy President. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Waters, please don't interrupt me when I'm speaking, and allow me to finish. I have asked you to direct your comments to the chair. Senator WATERS: Thank you, Deputy President. Through you, Senator O'Sullivan's days of having a say over women's bodies are over.