Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I will be withdrawing Australian Greens amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 6111, because it seems as though the government has accepted that this is an issue and it is moving its own amendment. I think it is really good that the government has accepted that there needs to be an amendment to the bill in this particular area, despite the Prime Minister saying himself less than 24 hours ago that the Senate should simply get out of the way and roll over. It seems as though 24 hours ago the Greens and the Senate were being seen as a robot by the Prime Minister, and now all of a sudden we are being seen as contributors to good policy and as putting forward good suggestions, because the government has picked up our amendments. So I will be withdrawing those particular amendments.