Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

when he gets back from China, to the views of those who are at least interested in trying to work constructively with him on this stuff. I would also really urge all of the government senators to think about, firstly, this growing problem of major pieces of legislation being railroaded through committees at breakneck speed—which, as soon as we get to the committees, all senators, including government senators, complain about. Secondly, in particular in regard to this report, please try and take it on board. The work of this committee is not often paid as much attention as it should be. If there is one time when we are going to pay attention to what they are saying, let us make it this one.

Question agreed to.