I do agree that we could switch to an elected Senate if we went through the amending procedure. But as I said earlier, if a consultation is held and the Prime Minister is confronted with a list of the wishes of the voters as to who should represent them in the Senate, he will feel a moral and political obligation to respect that as well, in the great majority of circumstances. So I think the concern that he will then whimsically go for somebody he prefers is not very likely to happen, because the politics of that would be so difficult for him.
On April 16th, 2008. See this statement in context.