Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

I have a couple of specific responses to some questions that have been raised. A number of Liberal-National Party senators have come into the chamber and have chosen to interject, in part because they have alleged a filibuster. I would suggest that you were not present earlier. It was Senator Abetz, your own deputy leader, who suggested a general debate. It was not the Labor Party. It was Senator Abetz who suggested a general discussion, a general debate, not the Labor government. That is what is occurring. It is not a filibuster.