COMMITTEES › Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Minister for Finance, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (10:02): Just in response, the reason that Senator Ruston read those pair instructions into the record in the Senate following their provision to the Chief Government Whip as well as to the Opposition Whip was to ensure that that was transparent and clear, in the interests of all senators and the interests of the two senators involved.