Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to make clear, for the benefit of colleagues, that if this amendment were successful it would, in effect, see the gutting of this bill. It would see the thresholds not indexed, as is the intent of the legislation. I think it is important that colleagues are clear on that.

As is the perversity of the wording of motions in this place, in order to support the bill as it stands, colleagues need to vote yes. Colleagues who wish to support the opposition's proposition would vote no. If colleagues want the bill to stand as printed they will need to vote yes.