Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I will be brief. I echo the remarks of Senator Coonan. I also place on record my gratitude for the work that I did with Senator Bushby on this. It has been a good exercise. I do not want to give him the kiss of political death by saying what a good job I think he did, but I was very grateful for the constructive way in which we dealt with it. I am also grateful to Senator Sherry for listening to our concerns and being able to accommodate them, in part. I maintain my concerns about retrospectivity, but this goes a long way to dealing with the most anomalous aspect of it. I commend the government for their approach to this and I welcome and support these amendments.