Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition will be opposing the amendment from Senator Pocock. The opposition, no matter what hue it is and which party it represents, will always represent the second-largest number of parliamentarians and the second-largest number of staff in our workplaces and, therefore, should be given the responsibility of representing them on the oversight committee.

Question negatived.