Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I think it is probably more important that the minister addresses some of the questions raised by Senator Ludwig, but the Democrats have similar concerns. Our inclination is to oppose this proposal and this aspect of these amendments partly because of some of the unanswered questions to which Senator Ludwig referred. I think there is a bit of an ironic debate about exceptions here. But I would not mind some background on why this has come up now and perhaps some responses to Senator Ludwig’s questions. Otherwise, I think this is something that would be best dealt with at a later stage. I am not quite sure why it has come up at this stage, but I certainly think it would have been important to have had this as part of the deliberative process of the committee.