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

Just very quickly in response to Senator Hume's comments, as Senator Brown has just pointed out, this is exactly an amendment that was introduced in the previous parliament by the previous government. So this is a backflip by the opposition away from the position they held in government. They put that in place because they were seeking to offset the backlash they were getting from their moves to exempt the Future Fund from the Freedom of Information Act. I just need to be clear. I could go into detail about what these amendments will do, but I think it is more of a philosophical objection from the opposition than an objection to the detail and so I don't propose to do that. I just need the Senate and people who are listening or perhaps reading this debate later to understand that this is an amendment that was introduced in the previous parliament by the previous government.

Question agreed to.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Bill reported with amendments; report adopted.