Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Our advisers were initially recommending to oppose these amendments. We listened to Senator Whish-Wilson. They thought there was some merit in continuing the discussion. We then invited the government, and they addressed Senator Whish-Wilson's positions. When we consult with people and when we want to influence people, when they disagree with us we don't get upset. We just accept that that they have a view and we respect that view. We know that small businesses will end up with huge, massive paperwork loads. We're not willing to have that. There are many other flaws in this. There are some points of merit, as I said, but, on balance, we are not going to support Senator Whish-Wilson's amendments. We just didn't.