Mr BURKE (Watson—Manager of Opposition Business) (18:27): We've just heard from the Leader of the House that, in his opinion, the communications minister has made that request. The assistant minister has already advised the House that the person who made the request was— Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my right, I will eject you under 94(a). Those that aren't party to this are not going to try and involve themselves in the debate by interjecting. They're really not. Yes, just so that I'm absolutely being clear, that includes the Deputy Prime Minister. If members wish to raise a point of order, they're welcome to. The Leader of the House is now doing that on behalf of the government. The Manager of Opposition Business. Mr BURKE: The assistant minister was asked: 'At whose request is this?' The SPEAKER: Yes. Mr BURKE: We were told it was at the request of the Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer is not the person who has a motion on the Notice Paper that is being asked to be postponed. The Leader of the House has now raised the minister for communications, but that's not who we were told the request came from. The request has to come—and the standing orders and Practice are specific that it has to be at the request—which is why, had the answer from the assistant minister been that the request was from the minister for communications, I would have had no point of order to object on. The SPEAKER: Well, why don't I just ask him? There's the free will of the House. Why don't I just ask the minister for communications? Mr BURKE: I've got no objection to it being done the proper way, but at the moment what's happening is we have something that has been put before the House which has not been requested of that individual by the minister for communications. The SPEAKER: But this is almost like the recommital of a vote. Why don't I just ask him? I mean, it's— Mr BURKE: He can move it, which is what the standing orders presume—if someone's postponing something that they've bothered to put on the Notice Paper, that they would bother to have the courage to actually put the arguments before the House as to why something that last night they thought should go on the Notice Paper today they think should be taken off. The SPEAKER: Leader of the House.