James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Hansard source

TERSON () (): Through you, Temporary Chair, to Senator Lambie, I understand why intuitively an amendment like this would be appealing to the crossbench. It does, on paper, offer you the opportunity theoretically to serve on this committee, but all I can say is what I said in the second reading debate. If the Prime Minister hasn't already called you and offered you a position on the committee, it's not you that he intends to appoint, because I believe he has already made that offer to a member of the crossbench.