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

There is one issue on which I probably need guidance from the chair. In the running sheet, government amendment (11) on sheet ZA211 is in conflict with opposition amendment (1) on sheet 5274. If it is in conflict then I do not want it dealt with together with amendments (1) to (40). When I look at what our amendment will do I can accept government amendment (11), because our amendment seeks to amend government amendment (11) to add words. So it would be logical if I sought leave, when I came to opposition amendment (1), to amend the amended amendment—if that makes sense. This underscores that we have a bill that has technical amendment upon technical amendment and error upon error, but that is the government’s doing.