Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We have the situation where, effectively, the opposition has prevented the CPRS bill being brought on for debate this week. I accept that result. We disagree strongly; but we accept that that is the view of the Senate. We are now in a position where we have urgent bills—budget bills and other bills—that we want passed this session. At the moment, on the current hours, we will not get those passed. I ask the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate to indicate to the Senate which bills they are prepared to consider and whether they will consider extra hours to carry bills that we say are urgent and which they have said all week are urgent. (Time expired)