Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (17:29): Mr Acting Deputy President, a point of order: I take offence at the imputation Senator Bob Brown just made about my contribution to the Senate, alleging that my contribution was for some purpose quite contrary to what it was. I suggest that he be asked to withdraw that imputation. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Back ): Senator Brown, are you prepared to withdraw that imputation as requested by Senator Macdonald? Senator BOB BROWN: No. That was a nonsense of a contribution, and I will do nothing of the sort. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Brown, I will allow you to continue your discussion. Please ensure that you remain within the standing orders. Senator BOB BROWN: That is a very wise ruling. It was a very poor attempt by Senator Macdonald to take up time defending the indefensible, and my comments on him stand. I wanted to get to the matter at hand, which is a reference, through the President and requested by Senator Boswell, to the ACCC to take action and investigate alleged secondary boycotts against Max Brenner et cetera. The ACCC has said it closely examined the issue and has rejected it. There is no further action to be taken by the ACCC. It is taking a watching brief and finds that effectively Senator Boswell has been wasting its time and wasting this Senate's time on pursuit of a failed political point. Senator Boswell has been a complete failure on that score. The ACCC is the arbiter of that, not I. That having been said, the contributions we have just heard border on the unacceptable for a Senate debate. Senator Ian Macdonald: Unacceptable to whom? Unacceptable to you, I can imagine. Senator BOB BROWN: We now have Senator Macdonald doing what I did not do to him, and that is interjecting. Senator Abetz interjecting— Senator BOB BROWN: And now Senator Abetz is interjecting. They believe they have some God-given right to be able to run the country in a way that would prevent democracy, prevent peaceful protests, prevent different points of view to theirs. They come with that point of view to ride right over every other Australian's rights in this democratic and peaceful country, and of course we do not stand for that. Anybody who reads what Senator Macdonald, and indeed our good Senator Boswell from Queensland, had to say will see where the trajectory is. It is nasty, it is censorious, it is restrictive, it is inhibitory and it is unworthy of the political process in this country. The senators opposite should be ashamed of themselves. Then, of course, Senator Macdonald—who is the biggest infractor of the Senate rules in this place and is compounding it with his interjections—cannot even get the name of the Australian Greens right. This representative of the so-called Liberal Party— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator BOB BROWN: Listen to them bellowing from the other side. They do not like being taken on on this. They do not like the fact that they have no argument. They do not like the fact that the ACCC— Senator Ian Macdonald: Take my hanky. Have a little cry. Senator BOB BROWN: Senator Macdonald is now feigning tears because the ACCC through out of court this attempt to draw one of the country's big arbiters into our political debate and failed. (Time expired) The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The question is that the Senate take note of the resolution from the Chairman of the ACCC. Question agreed to.