Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition will be supporting section (a) of this motion, but in relation to section (b) we can't, and I would ask that the question be put on the parts separately. This is a point I've raised a number of times in this place. This part of the program is meant to be for straightforward and non-controversial items that don't require debate. In a party of government, when there is a section which calls for change that involves a considerable amount of money, we go through our own processes. It won't be determined by a Greens motion in this place, and it is not the appropriate place to do that. This is something where debate should be allowed and where there is discussion. It is not a yes or no question. In the interest of getting through this part of the program, we'll just ask that those questions be put separately.