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

Yes, it is great. It is just a question of whether it warrants 10 hours in the parliament—whether this is what government thinks is so important that it is going to debate it for 10 hours in the parliament. It is quite extraordinary. I cannot imagine any government in the past having so much space in its legislative agenda that it would allow 10 hours in the main chamber to debate this. The bill repeals spent savings, transitional and application provisions from the Social Security Act 1991. They have no effect, as they deal with circumstances that can no longer occur under the act—wonderful stuff. What a government! No wonder they are so proud of this wonderful repeal day stuff. Treasury has no deregulatory savings—none, zero. It is a lot of hot air and no substance. (Time expired)

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