Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (17:09): If I may assist the Senate: I understand the political point that Senator Di Natale was seeking to make, but voting on paragraph (a) in isolation is actually meaningless; it doesn't deliver anything. An opposition senator interjecting — Senator CORMANN: I don't think this is an amendment that leads itself to be taken in two parts, because one follows the other. The PRESIDENT: I do take your point. I've been looking at it, Senator Cormann. Consulting the Clerk, I'm advised that they can stand separately because it would otherwise exclude—and I'm looking at the Clerk to indicate that I'm correct in my description here—the consideration of any business other than the address-in-reply. I thank the Senate for its patience. I'll provide the advice that the Clerk just gave. Maybe we're all a bit rusty. If Senator Di Natale's indication was carried by the Senate, and paragraph (a) was carried but not paragraph (b), that would preclude the consideration of the tax bills. Senator Cormann. Senator CORMANN: I would encourage senators to look at the Notice Paper. We lodged a notice of motion today in order to ensure that the Senate can deal with our income tax relief plan on Thursday. Our intention is to provide the entire day—as much time as is required—to debate our income tax relief plan, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019, on Thursday. In fact, we are prepared for the Senate to sit until all stages of that bill have been dealt with, including any messages from the House of Representatives if and as required. So the easiest way to bring on debate of the income tax relief plan, and the income tax relief plan only, is by voting for the government's motion on Thursday morning. The PRESIDENT: I understand there is some complexity but I don't view this amendment as out of order, and the Senate can express its will as to its appropriateness by voting accordingly. The first matter I will put to the vote is that the introductory clause and paragraph (a) of Senator Wong's amendment to Senator Cormann's motion be agreed to. The question is that the covering clause and paragraph (a) of Senator Wong's amendment to Senator Cormann's motion be agreed to.