Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I am pleased that the government has reverted to the motion No. 1 in the Notice Paper, as opposed to the motion which was circulated recently in the chamber which would have provided for the arrangements in relation to the forced apology, as is appropriate, but would also have provided for debate for the government's package of media bills. I think it would have been entirely inappropriate to mire the arrangement for the forced apology in partisanship by tying it to the package of media bills. It would be entirely inappropriate for those two things to be in the one motion, so I am pleased that the government has reverted to the original motion.