Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

It is late in the evening to be breaking poor Senator Ludlam's heart, but I am afraid I must. We are opposing this because we believe the proposed provision is in part addressed elsewhere, covered by EIS processes. We actually put a lot of store in EIS processes, so we believe that it does seek to do most of what you are describing. This bill does not seek to displace it and is open-ended. We are not quite as comfortable with your definition, as you have so eloquently described it, and we believe that we have reasonably covered this in EIS processes.