Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens will be supporting these amendments, but very much on the basis that they are amendments that are making a bad bill slightly better. Overall we still think that the legislation as it stands should not be passed. But, with regard to these amendments: if you are going to have some slight improvements, then you may as well support those slight improvements.

The CHAIRMAN: So the amendments before the chair are: amendments (5) to (16) on sheet 7766. The question is that parts 2 to 4; 6, 8 and 9 of schedule 1; and clauses 3 to 8; 10, 12 and 13 in item 1 of schedule 2 stand as printed.

Question negatived.