Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

I have one issue. Senator Colbeck said, ‘We are happy to do this later once we have sorted out some of the administrative details.’ I am not trying to verbal you, Senator Colbeck, but I think that is reasonably accurate. Given that this is a legislative change and the government is not open to the possibility of amending the legislation, the fact that—as I understand the registration process under the ESOS Act—there is the capacity in the legislation for this extension to occur does not preclude the continuation of these negotiations prior to the registration being effected.