Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Chair. I would make two quick observations. Firstly, it's very interesting if the Labor Party are saying that, henceforth, they believe program criteria and guidelines for grants should always be legislated. That's very interesting. That seems to be the Labor Party's new position across programs and portfolios. We'll be watching that with interest. Secondly, Labor themselves have conceded that there are errors and difficulties in the Greens amendments. It's very odd that the Labor Party, recognising that, are proposing to support the amendments and are saying that it's somehow the government's job to clean up inadequate amendments to give effect to something that is not government policy.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: Senator O'Neill, do you want to respond?