Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

What a kick in the guts for Australian democracy today! What do you know? We're prepared to stay here all night and have this out, but, no, you want a shortcut here this evening. Here we are. Why don't you run us through all night? You want it over and done with. My hand's up. I've got plenty to say. There are plenty of speeches. We've got crap-all time this evening; let's be honest about that. You have guillotined this tomorrow. We've got all of two hours.

These are some of the biggest IR moves we've made in years in this chamber. This is what you are doing: you are shutting down democracy. What a kick in the guts! Fair dinkum! Whatever happened to being a fair government over this side? Whatever happened to that? You've left small business and businesses out there hanging, and the debate should be taken up in this chamber. If it means we have to sit in here for 48 hours and do that until it's over, then that's how it should be done. But, no, only when it suits you do you want to do those long hours. It's absolutely disgraceful.