Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens likewise are extremely concerned about the way that this bill is being rammed through this place. The only urgency with this bill is the fact that the government need to get it off the debating agenda for the coalition. That is what the sense of urgency is. They know there is no agreement within the coalition. If they let this debate continue over the break into August—guess what!—all the coalition members who are not happy are going to put up their heads again and the debate will go on within the coalition again. This is about rounding up all the members of the coalition and making sure that they are not there—that the backbenchers are not there—causing trouble over the winter break over the wheat-marketing strategy. That is what this is about. It is not about anything else. If they were truly concerned about the future of wheat marketing in this country they would allow significant analysis and debate over this particular piece of legislation. We have not even seen it yet.