Derryn Hinch (Victoria, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to support Senator Xenophon and his comments and to point out why I will be voting against Senator Carr's amendment. Although a lot of what he said it makes a lot of sense and I support a lot of it, it is included in some of the stuff that Senator Xenophon and I worked on over time.

I just have to say tonight, Senator Carr, that you remind me a bit of the Greens on this one. I said once to the Greens, to Senator Di Natale, that I was going to make a movie about the Greens. I am going to call it A Bridge Too Far, because I get one of their motions and I read it and I get to clause 1 and I think, 'That's great.' I get to clause 2 and I think, 'That's great.' I get to clause 3: 'That's common sense.' I get to clause 4 and think, 'Not sure about that.' And then, at clause 5, I think, 'Oh God, I can't go along with that.'

So, Senator Carr, your amendment wants the tenderer to demonstrate:

… the whole-of-life cost of the project to which the building work relates—

that is extremely hard—

… the net economic impact of the project to which the building work relates;

… the jobs impact of the project to which the building work relates—

and finally, the last one, which I do not think I could ever come up with:

… whether the project which the building work relates to will contribute to skills growth.

I do not think you can do that very easily. Senator Carr, I like a lot of what you say, but on this one I will oppose you.