Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

The government is grateful to the Senate for having dealt with this bill by way of recommittal to ensure that the true will of the Senate is reflected. I can confirm for the Senate that the government had previously agreed to a request by One Nation senators to ensure that the passenger movement charge, after being increased to $60, would not be increased for a further five years thereafter. It is the intention of the government to amend the bill to that effect in the House of Representatives. The advice that we have is that we are not able to move such an amendment in the Senate. I place on the record, in Hansard, the government's commitment, consistent with the agreement we have reached with One Nation senators, that we will move an amendment to the Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2016 to insert, after $60 in schedule 1, part 1, the following words: 'and does not increase for five years thereafter'.