Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I was going to suggest to the minister something to help expedite the process. A lot of these amendments are technical and are supported around the chamber. The explanations for the amendments are in fact in the explanatory memorandum. If the minister were satisfied with just moving the amendment rather than reading out that which is there for all of us to read anyway in the explanatory memorandum, it could save us some time.