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

I wonder if the minister would be so kind as to share with the whole Senate what the ambiguity and unintended consequences might be of this particular amendment. It just seems to me that when a government is flummoxed, does not have an argument and cannot put forward something cogent then resort is had to ‘ambiguity and unintended consequences’ as the catch-all argument as to why you should reject an amendment when there is no other argument on offer. So I would be interested to hear what the minister has to offer in that regard.