Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

I briefly want to note that it is not a novel situation that, as we are in the course of the last scheduled sitting day of the year, there is legislation being considered in the Senate which, should there be amendments, would require—if it's the government's desire, as they've indicated it is—being brought back to the House so that the House can consider the amendments.

I do make the point that it is novel to propose that the House sit on a Saturday. On ordinary principles, it would be considerably more efficient to deal with this once the Senate has concluded its deliberations. I acknowledge that the Senate will do that at its own pace and there are some uncertainties there, but I make the point that it would be a more efficient use of public resources if the government were to make every effort to have the House deal with the matter as promptly and efficiently as possible, once the Senate has concluded its deliberations. Again, I acknowledge that the conduct of Senate deliberations is a matter for that other place.

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