Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source

The coalition does not support these Greens amendments. Basically, I believe we are seeing a watering down of the penalties in this bill, which are already rather slight. To do any more and to consider hardship provisions for people who know their obligations, commitments and the penalties when there is so much discretion already attached to the compliance regime, I believe, is a retrograde step. So the coalition will not be supporting these amendments.