David Fawcett (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I recognise that the standing orders have a hard marker and that will curtail what I'm seeking to say now, but I'm trusting I'll have a future opportunity. What I would like to cover in this is a range of things—partly the process. Why is the Senate established as a house of review, why do we have Senate committees to scrutinise bills and why is it important that this bill does go before a Senate committee? It's to make sure that the legislation will actually achieve what is intended. I will run through the concerns that the coalition has with the legislation as it stands and the amendments that we seek to bring. More broadly, though, I think it's also important that we look at the weak leadership that Mr Albanese has displayed on this issue compared to—

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