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

That is just not good enough because they have made a representation to Senator Wright. Senator Wright took that representation in good faith but she has questioned it. She received advice from the minister's office that the cost of this amendment would be $100 million. If that is the representation they are giving to the Australian Greens, represented by Senator Wright on this issue, to say why this cannot proceed now, surely there is an obligation on the government, given that they have put it out there, to give us a breakdown of where the $100 million comes from? I think it is a perfectly reasonable question in order to deal with this particular amendment.