The motion – perhaps unwittingly, as I do not think this was the intention of Senators Ross and O'Toole – suggests that all auctioneers are dishonest and untrustworthy, or that may have been the impression given. However, it is a generalisation contradicted by the record of the auctioneering profession in the protection of clients' funds. This contrasts markedly with the record of numerous other professions, although I will not go down that road.