Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. Of course, a consequence of the government running away from having this bill debated in the House of Representatives is that an important national security bill will not become law. I have circulated an amendment to ensure we vote on the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 by six o'clock. We should have been in that debate already. Mr Pyne has now made clear he will send the House of Representatives home before they have a chance to speak on the bill—