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

The government opposes the Labor Party's amendment. This is, as Senator Collins has said candidly, the second position the Labor Party has taken on this issue. There has been some reconsideration evidently within the Labor Party's inner circles. I welcome the fact that the initial amendment has been withdrawn, but nevertheless the government cannot support this amendment. We do not support the amendment for a very simple reason, Senator Collins: it is entirely unnecessary because what the amendment does is provide—we are talking about 7605 at the moment?