Julie Owens (Parramatta, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I have been listening to the speakers on both sides since the debate began earlier tonight on the Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Bill 2015, the Amending Acts 1980 to 1989 Repeal Bill 2015 and the Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2015, and I just have to comment briefly on the member for Moore's contribution, in which he clearly outlined a number of things on his wish list. But I would just like to point out that none of that is actually in the bills that we are discussing tonight. In fact, of the five or six speakers on the government side so far, in a list of some 30 that will be speaking on these bills, none have actually spoken about these bills—not one. There are 30 speakers on the government side on these bills and 10 on the opposition side. That means 40 speakers. That is somewhere between eight and 10 hours of debate on these bills, and I can bet—not that I do, actually, but if I were a betting person I reckon I could bet—

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