Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition seeks the advice of the clerks about whether it would be possible for us to vote on item (4) of the amendment separately to the rest of the amendment. We're seeking to vote separately in relation to the minister being required to cause the local services plan for compulsory income management areas to be published on the department's website on or before the publication date and for it to be tabled in each house of the parliament within seven days of that house after the plan is published under paragraph (a) of the schedule which this amendment applies to.

Senator Rice, we will not be supporting the remainder of your amendment. But if it was possible for us to be able to support part 4, we would do so if the amendment can be split.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: We are seeking advice from the Clerk. Senator Ruston, while we are seeking the Clerk's advice on this, can I please go back to the opposition amendments (1) to (4) on sheet 1639. We were seeking clarification about whether you could confirm about withdrawing those?

Yes, we are.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: The Clerks' advice is they can be split but (1) and (3) have to be dealt with together, and (2) and (4) have to be done together as well because (2) relates to (4). To clarify, if they're split, (1) and (3) could be done together, and (2) and (4) together. The question is that amendments (1) and (3) on sheet 1656 be agreed to.