Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I was not intending to make a statement on this particular legislation. However, with the amendment that is just been moved on the chamber by Senator Rhiannon I am not in a position to seek further advice on. The government will be opposing this motion and I do note that while I am not going to assign a motive to Senator Rhiannon in changing the date at all—I appreciate that it covers a substantially less period—I would also suggest that it only covers a period, effectively, of this government plus nine months. The government will be opposing this motion.