Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Housing and Urban Development) Share this | Hansard source

This situation has been raised because the minister approached the opposition about this motion and advised us there would be an opportunity to debate the motion—and there was that opportunity in the House of Representatives. But it has been brought into the Senate under this blunt instrument of a formal motion. I sought leave on the agreement of the government to make a short statement, which I understood could be about five minutes.