George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Certainly, Mr Acting Deputy President. I simply forgot Senator Siewert's name momentarily. I was reflecting on the grossness of the hypocrisy of the Greens party in allowing the process of deliberation, not just in the chamber but through the Senate committee process, to be so truncated as to be virtually non-existent. But, nevertheless, the opposition have scrutinised the terms of the bill and we are satisfied with it and find ourselves able to support it.

The Liberal senators devoted most of their report to a critique of the inadequacy of the committee process. I have made the observations that I wanted to make about that. As to the substance of the bill, the provisions seem to us to be sensible and, therefore, as indicated at the start, the bill has the coalition's support.