Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I will speak very briefly. I will not hold up the House any longer. We will have the vote and be able to move on to the next item of business. The opposition support the 17 Senate amendments that have come down to the House. We voted for them in the Senate. They were put by the Greens to give effect to the opportunity for individuals to make political donations of up to $1,500 and still have tax deductibility for those contributions. We do not believe that government should be run on the basis of a minister providing to his or her opposite number in the House the amendments seconds before they are expected to make a decision on them.

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