Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I would remind the chamber that the opposition, after that question time, has now asked to bring on the preventive detention regime—a bill that they voted against in the House with the Greens, which they have never explained.

Opposition senators interjecting—

Can I make the second point? We also know that the very clear message from the opposition leader's office in relation to the bill that they are now seeking to bring on was that there was a request for the government to slow down the legislation to make sure they had enough time to carefully consider the legislation. They said Wednesday was good. But do you know what's happened? The fact is that Mr Tehan went to the Jericho Cup in Warrnambool, rather than be briefed on the legal advice—

Honourable senators interjecting—