Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (15:04): I seek leave to move a motion relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business this week. The PRESIDENT: Is leave granted? Leave not granted. Senator FARRELL: Pursuant to contingent notice standing in the name of the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Wong, I move: That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to provide that a motion relating to the hours of meeting and routine of business this week may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate. I move: That the question be now put. The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham? Senator Birmingham: President, what we have here is an attempt from the government to guillotine its guillotine. The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham— Senator Birmingham: The government are seeking to guillotine their own guillotine because they don't want to have debate— The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham, I'm calling you to order. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Senator Birmingham, I— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator McGrath and Senator Gallagher! Order on both sides of the chamber! Senator Birmingham, you stood, I gave you the call, and then you didn't call a point of order. I asked you to sit. In future, when I ask you to sit, I should not have to ask a leader of a political party to sit three or four times. The question is that the question be put.