00:00Does mean that if the budget, if the Senate budget is not passed, then it will be, what's the percentage, 95% of the current year's budget, and of course 95% of an usual current year's budget is difficult, but possibly manageable in this situation, in this one-off situation,
00:27where it would be 95% of this current year's budget to fund next year's budget, which has 96 members, and a 22% increase in that budget, then that is, as you've, I think, alluded to in your question, that is a very tough ask, well, almost impossible ask,
00:50for the running of the Senate with 96 members to be funded within that envelope that would be available to the Senate, so it would require quite considerable,
01:06well, I wouldn't, we haven't even gone there, is how I would say at the moment, because it would be so difficult to think about what that would mean,
01:16that would be available for commission staff, and the numbers of commission staff, and, dare I suggest it, the payment of salaries of, of Senate members, ourselves, or whoever they may be, who are...
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