Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I won't speak for very long on this, because I think it's already been stated by the Labor Party—and the government to some extent—that this is a duplication, essentially, of what we considered in a private member's bill in this place only a few days ago. I understand there may be some slight differences, but this is something that Senator Xenophon has been talking about for some time. I am not sure if Labor got their idea from this but, nevertheless, I am sure you will be happy with the fact that we all agreed on a private member's bill in here that essentially does what you have been campaigning on for some time. We already voted for it. We commended the Labor Party for bringing it forward. I thank Senator Xenophon for his amendment, but we don't feel there is a need to support this tonight given we have just supported the private member's bill.