Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

In this instance, we support the Democrats’ amendment as an alternative to our own. We have our own amendment later on which seeks to effect what Labor think is a slightly improved outcome. This is further than what the government has proposed. Labor agree that the current subjective definition is preferable to the proposed objective definition for reasons that I will not outline now. I will take the opportunity when we get to Labor’s amendment on this area. We can then explain why our definition is deserving of support. Hopefully, the government may also see the benefit of having a better test than the one that is currently in the bill.