Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I stated in my speech during the second reading debate, the opposition will be supporting this set of government amendments. These amendments are in direct response to the work undertaken by the opposition to fix the government's legislation.

Again, I want to highlight the work of members of JSCEM Mr Andrew Giles, Mr Milton Dick and Senators Ketter and Brown for their ongoing work in this area. I would also like to commend the work of Dr Andrew Leigh MP and all those charities and not-for-profits which placed their trust in Labor to successfully negotiate an outcome.

I also want to speak specifically to the government's amendments dealing with the Commonwealth and state law. There has been continuing fearmongering by the Greens today in order to justify—