Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I will accept that from Senator Stephens, because there are other people making these decisions, but it means that the government, in its own good time, is now wide open to dudding the coalition, and therefore Tasmania, on this matter. I ask the senator representing the Attorney-General if she could, having also given this overnight consideration, come up with an assessment of what the travel and communication costs will be for Tasmania and Tasmanians, both public and private, of dealing with the registrar in Melbourne as against having the registrar available in Hobart.