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

(In division)I'm happy to provide some indication. The reference is to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee.

Senator Cormann interjecting—

Senator Cormann, if you want to use interjections as the basis of asserting a party's position, I'm very happy to do so. Can I make the point so that the chamber, and I thank those who've supported it—

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—

No; we need to proceed.

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—

Can I just be clear: this is the committee to which these issues were previously referred. They have already done the work ahead of the Sex Discrimination Act discussion that we had this week. We have put forward an amendment and, if the Senate supports it, we'd be grateful.

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—