Debate resumed from 28 August, on motion by Mr Bowen:

That this bill be now read a second time.

upon which Mr Dutton moved by way of amendment:

That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:“while not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House recognises the impact on small business of the Government’s proposed changes to the ‘Birdsville Amendment’, and recognises that the Federal Court is the more appropriate Court to hear cases under section 46 of the Trade Practices Act, and the House calls on the Government to abandon its proposed changes to the ‘Birdsville Amendment’ and to similarly abandon its plans to allow the Federal Magistrates Court to hear section 46 cases”.

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