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

He should start a petition against the government.

Senator Sterle interjecting—

Oh, he has already done that. No, you are right. If he could just get that petition going! But, more importantly, perhaps he could vote for this amendment when it goes back to the other place. When it goes back to the other place, the Minister for Education can put his money where his mouth is. If the government really wants proper process, if the government wants to ensure efficiency and accountability, then it should support this rearrangement of government business. The government should support a competitive tender process for our future submarines, and now it has the chance to put it in place by supporting this amendment and by supporting the amendment to the red tape deregulation omnibus bill.