Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I think I was praising Senator Feeney then. But these are important issues; I would have thought we could have dealt with this here and now. It is unfortunate that the government will not take that view. But notwithstanding that, could Senator Feeney indicate on behalf of the government a time frame for this issue and broader issues of truth in advertising and electoral advertising being dealt with? Given the value and the role which the Greens have had in relation to this debate, I think it is important and that this is something that we need to deal with. Otherwise I think you will continue to see a greater degree of the disengagement, disenchantment and cyni­cism which the Australian public has with the electoral process, unless we clean these things up.