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

First, I acknowledge and respect the contribution from Senator Lambie. I heard her contribution on radio on this issue previously. Her sincerity is undoubted. It would be good to get a resolution on this, to expedite matters. I indicate that the government will support the amendment moved by the opposition. We ask that paragraphs (a) and (b) be put separately; we will be voting a different way on (a) and (b). I now propose to close this debate.

If I may, Senator Shoebridge, your party has spent days now trying not to get to Help to Buy. We would like a vote on that. I propose to seek to close this debate so that the Senate can do what Senator Lambie has said, which is to make its position clear to the government of the day; I understand that.