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

This is just to cover off on all of the amendments that have been moved by the Greens and Labor thus far. I have been paired in support of them, but it might not be obvious to anyone watching or reflecting back on it in Hansard or the Journals of the Senate later. I want to make it very clear that I have supported all the amendments moved in the Committee of the Whole by the Greens and by Labor, and I have done so on the basis that they seek to basically fill in all of the holes that have been dug by the coalition around the Respect@Work report. What has happened, of course, is that the government has moved some way towards dealing with the recommendations, but I don't believe that it has fulfilled the necessary standard in relation to the work that has been done on this. So, again, I indicate my support for all of the Committee of the Whole amendments moved by Labor and the Greens.