Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

In one sense, we have been debating the Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Bill 2009 for some time this morning, so I will try not to take up my full time, but I think some of the issues need to be put on the table. One is that this is ultimately a position that Senator Cormann has decided to embark on. The truth is that the course he has adopted is in effect to seek political cover for the position he has adopted in relation—