Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Gallagher for her statement and her indication of the opposition's position on this. I welcome that. This will result in the precise referral that the government proposed last week actually happening—in terms of this bill and associated bills being referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, and reporting by the date and in the times that the government had originally proposed. Had the Senate passed this last week—