Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Look, I want to make it clear. I'm not afraid of any of your questions, Senator Pocock, and I thought I was answering them as directly as I possibly could. You and I have had direct discussions. We've had face-to-face discussions about this issue. I bet you anything, if you look at the history of legislation that's passed this parliament, this bill would not be the quickest ever to have gone through the parliament. We have had 2½ years of discussions. The first JSCEM report laid out the plans. We've had a second report. Every time your colleagues have asked for meetings or the Greens have asked for meetings, I've had meetings. There won't be anybody in this place who votes on this legislation next week who doesn't know what they're voting about. (Time expired)