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

It's interesting—

Senator Gallagher interjecting—

You're screaming blue murder because we didn't support Senator Xenophon's amendment. If you think that's really important, why did you bring your private member's bill in here in the first place? You were trying to put up a smokescreen so you didn't have to vote for section 46. We all know why you didn't vote for section 46, a very comprehensive reform that we have been campaigning on for years. Why bring the private member's bill and waste the Senate's time and money if you thought we were going to get this amendment here tonight? I didn't hear from Senator Xenophon before tonight about his amendment on costs. If I had, we may have had a different considered position. All I know is that we voted on Labor's private member's bill a couple of days ago but that no-one came to see the Greens to support this amendment. Don't accuse us of being hypocrites.