Mr LEO McLEAY(6.13 p.m.) —On indulgence, Mr Deputy Speaker: I would seek two things, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Development (Mr Ronaldson) might seek advice from up there in the corner. This has just come in here tonight. The member for the Northern Territory (Mr Dondas) just came in here and made a short statement on a paper we knew nothing about. It was tabled in here without any notice to us or the shadow minister. If the government wants to run arrangements now by slipping in here and walking up to whomever is at the table and saying, `By the way, do you mind if we do this now?' they should know that is not the way we run business here.

I am quite happy for the government to move that the House take note of the paper, but I want to know whether the government would be willing to allow the shadow minister to make a response later tonight of about the same time as the member for the Northern Territory. The shadow minister may wish to say nothing, but I do not think we should not give him the chance, if he wants to, to speak for about the same time as the member for the Northern Territory. So if the government is agreeable to that, it could move that the House take note of the paper, and I will check whether we want to bring it back later tonight.