Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

That's a laughable comment. This bill has been sitting in your very disorganised legislative schedule for some period of time, and it's quite disingenuous to suggest that a day or two—as this goes back to the House, to be supported by the government—is a reason not to support it. That cannot possibly be the reason not to support it. Again, I ask—because you haven't answered this in the many times that I have moved this bill, and I understand you might think it doesn't relate to the bill, but in actual fact it has been ruled in order; we don't move amendments that are not in order, that don't relate to a bill; it does relate to this bill—specifically around the amendment: what is the policy rationale for maintaining the exemption on these 1,190 large proprietary companies?