Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that very lengthy comment, Senator Cash, with little bits of the Solicitor-General's opinion taken out of context and pretty important bits left out. The advice that you're citing from the Constitutional Expert Group actually led to the government agreeing to amend the provision in section 129(iii) to broaden the powers of the parliament which cure the issue that you're referring to, so those issues and concerns do not remain. They have been dealt with by amending the language in subsection (iii).