Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens oppose schedule 1 in the following terms:

(9)    Schedule 1, page 4 (line 2) to page 34 (line 7), TO BE OPPOSED.

As has been articulated in this discussion and our comments during the second reading debate, the Greens have very strong concerns about this bill. We tried to make amendments and suggestions to make it better. We do not believe that this bill, even with the government amendments, deals with our issues of concern. We are deeply concerned about the impacts that these amendments are going to have, particularly on children and women who are exposed to family violence and domestic violence. Those are our particular strong concerns. We therefore feel that we have to oppose schedule 1, given that the amendments to substantially improve it were not accepted.