John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, $400,000-plus. The sheer arrogance of the tribunal—I spoke to Senator Sterle at the back of the chamber and I said, 'This order that comes in on 4 April must be delayed. People don't understand it; they don't know the ramifications; people are going to go broke; people are going to lose their jobs. They will probably lose their houses because their houses are mortgaged to buy their rigs.' We put an application in, thanks to Senator Cash, AiG, NatRoad, the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association et cetera, to have this delayed.

Senator Singh interjecting—

Even the Transport Workers Union put in a submission on the proposal to have the draft order delayed till 1 January next year and proposed to have it delayed till October this year.