Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I will just speak to the amendment, because I am not certain when it is going to close out and you put the question.

I want to note that this amendment has not been properly analysed. Our parliament and legislative processes are being rushed and bypassed. The Greens will not call a division on government amendments, with one exception that we will get to a little later in the debate. But I do want the record to show the Greens objections that the Senate, its committee system and our parliament is being treated with contempt just so that the government can make its announcement when US secretaries Clinton and Panetta visit Australia in November.