Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move government amendment (1), as circulated:

(1) Schedule 2, item 43, page 18 (after line 15), after section 61, insert:

62 Long service leave

ARENA is a public authority of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976.

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

The bill before the House contains a series of amendments, including those in relation to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act, which deal with the operation of the export finance corporation.

I want to ask a number of questions of the Treasurer about the operation of the export finance corporation because we've seen that body used to provide funding in relation to the recent commitment of almost a billion dollars for PsiQuantum, an American company—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The manager will pause. The Leader of the House, on a point of order?

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

No. I move:

That the question be now put.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Petrie will cool it. The question is that the question be put.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question before the House now is that the amendment moved by the Treasurer be agreed to.

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

I rise to raise some issues, given we are in consideration of detail, which is of course a process in which detailed policy questions can be asked, and the minister can have the opportunity to respond. The minister has put a bill before the House this afternoon which relates to amendments to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, now known as Export Finance Australia. This bill, including the amendment which the government has just moved, seeks to make some amendments to the Future Made in Australia Bill that the government had brought forward. Of course the Future Made in Australia Bill and, in particular, the omnibus amendments, for example, deal with Export Finance Australia.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On a point of order: just to clarify, I know it says consideration in detail, but my understanding is that the question before the House now is simply that the bill, as amended, be agreed to.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, for clarification, and the manager is correct, the debate we're having at the moment is around the amendment that's been agreed to. So we're not in consideration in detail. It's part of the process, but we've finished the consideration in detail and we've finished the amendments. All the debate the House is looking at now is that the bill, as amended, be agreed to.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

To solve the embarrassment of the confusion from the Manager of Opposition Business, I'll just move:

That the question be now put.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question before the House is the question be put.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question now before the House is this bill, as amended, be agreed to.