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

I appreciate the minister’s remarks. I am happy to sit down with the government on this, but there is that small issue of resources and physically, in terms of IR and the so-called alcopops bills, we have been working around the clock. We are doing the very best we can on all pieces of legislation but it has been physically impossible for us to have the sorts of discussions that would have been preferable in order to do that. In terms of the arguments and the proposition put by the Greens in relation to the thresholds, I would have been comfortable to as a minimum support the legislation on that basis with CPI indexing. Again, my door is open. We have got a few weeks so, whenever we get up, whenever we get through this legislative session—whether it is today, tomorrow or Sunday—I am happy to sit down and further discuss this with the government.

Question negatived.

Progress reported.