Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for that commitment. Minister, you would have heard in my contribution to the second reading debate that the Greens are firmly of the view that this bill should have been referred to the Senate committee for inquiry, because these are potentially very complex matters—at least what that part of the bill deals with. Is the government able to explain what is so vital, or urgent or time sensitive about this legislation that it felt the need to present this to the Senate without supporting it being referred to a Senate committee for inquiry?