Senator IAN MACDONALD ( Queensland ) ( 19:48 ): Mr President, pursuant to standing order 198, I give you notice that I take objection to the ruling you have just made and I have written somewhere here that I object to the ruling of the President, which is writing in accordance with that order. I move: That the ruling of the President be dissented from. The PRESIDENT: If you are going down that path then that is disposed with and will be entertained on the next day of sitting, in accordance with the standing orders. I refer you to the standing orders. You are quite within your rights—you must table it in writing—and that is disposed of on the next day of sitting. The question now is— Senator IAN MACDONALD: Mr President, if you read the rule further it states: Debate on that motion shall be adjourned to the next sitting day, unless the Senate decides on motion, without debate, that the question requires immediate determination. I move: That the question of dissent requires immediate determination. The PRESIDENT: The advice I have is that that needs to be put without debate. Question put. The Senate divided. [19:55] (The President—Senator Hogg) Senator Conroy did not vote, to compensate for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Coonan. Question negatived. The PRESIDENT: The motion of dissent will appear on the Notice Paper for the next day of sitting.