Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

For the information of the House, before you call the shadow Treasurer, I'd reported privately to members, and had also made clear on the floor of the House yesterday, that we needed to get a bill across to the Senate before question time. At that time, I was unaware of the second reading amendment being moved to the previous bill, which members are entitled to move, but I was unaware until this morning of that happening. I didn't realise a division was going to be called. That being said, after the shadow Treasurer speaks, because I'll allow that, I will probably be in a position where I have to move that the question be put on this bill, otherwise we will get to question time without having actually sent any legislation across to the Senate.

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