Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

I have a question for the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Last night, when I circulated an amendment to the NACC Bill before we moved to the Committee of the Whole, you cried wolf about not having adequate time to even consider it. You said:

Well, Senator Lambie, I don't think people just dump amendments on people and then expect them to vote for them. We will not be supporting the amendment. I'm reading this amendment for the first time myself.

My amendment was one page and dealt with one issue. The government's amendments were circulated at 6.23 tonight. They're nine pages long. My question is simple: why are you not giving us adequate time to make informed decisions about how these changes will actually affect the people of Australia?