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

I move opposition amendment (1) on sheet 5031:

(1)    Clause 1, page 1 (line 6), omit “Financial Transaction Reports”, substitute “Anti-Terrorism (Correction of Government Legislative Errors)”.

What has been clear in this whole process is that it is an ad hoc, band-aid solution, and the amendment is designed to simply highlight that fact. It is to ensure that we get the consultative process and the amendments right for the next big bill which will come into the Senate—the anti money laundering legislation. The government is clearly put on notice that we will spend a lot longer with the next bill if we have to start amending it on the run again. I commend the amendment to the Senate.