David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move the amendment circulated in my name to the motion of Senator Birmingham:

Omit all words after "That", substitute 'the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 24 June 2024".

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave not granted.

Consistent with the contingent notice circulated in Senator Waters's name, I move:

That so much of sessional and standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from making a short contribution.

It's good to finally be able to speak on this now that the stitch-up is in between Labor and the coalition. It is a stitch-up again in this denial of democracy, this rush to be as cruel as you can as quickly as you can. Sometimes we look in this place and we think, 'Well, maybe Labor's slightly less crap on asylum seekers'—