Senator BROWN (10:34 AM) —Mr Temporary Chairman, I wonder if you would investigate whether there was glue left on the parliamentary secretary's seat overnight. She seems to be unable to get up to answer this question. She has certainly had all night to investigate the matter I have put before her, which I assure her is important for regional communities, the very people she says that she has consulted on the matter.

I think it is very important that we get an answer to that if we are going to proceed in an informed way in this session. There were pretty strong words yesterday about the secretary not being informed and about her withholding information. I am dealing here with a specific community on a specific issue that she was specifically asked about yesterday. I wonder, Mr Temporary Chairman, if you could facilitate the parliamentary secretary responding to that question.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN (Senator Hogg) —Senator Brown, you have requested something of me that I cannot do. I cannot force the parliamentary secretary to do anything. The question is that amendment No. 1 moved by Senator Brown be agreed to.