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

No, go slow. As a result, we were dealing with each amendment in turn, rather than en bloc. The minister has now indicated that after this tranche we will go to the issue of small business. Therefore I can indicate to Senator Siewert that, yes, we do want a separate vote on government amendment (2) but after that we would be happy to deal with them en bloc.