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Senator GREEN (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Tourism, Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs and Assistant Minister for Northern Australia) (18:49): by leave—I move: Omit all words after "That", substitute: (a) orders for the production of documents is one of the Senate's most serious powers, and should be used when all other processes have been exhausted; and (b) Senator Bragg has been offered a briefing by the Minister for Housing.

The PRESIDENT: Senator O'Sullivan? Senator O'Sullivan: Point of order on 196, tedious repetition. We're hearing tedious repetition from the government on all of these motions.

The PRESIDENT: That was a question raised last week about reading the amendments. It is the senator's prerogative to read the amendments, and that is what she is choosing to do. Senator GREEN: I just make the point for the senator's benefit that that amendment is different from the last one.

Thank you for noticing. Thanks for listening! The PRESIDENT: The question is that the amendment as moved by Senator Green to general business notice of motion No. 371 agreed to.

Division required? We will defer that one.