Paul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Multicultural Engagement) Share this | Hansard source

Is it therefore correct to say, taking on board Senator Shoebridge's legitimate questions in relation to what process the government's going to adopt with respect to those amendments that are being stripped out of this bill and which you say have now been deferred—deferred, to me, indicates that there's going to be some further work undertaken. And then, at some later stage, the amendments will be reintroduced—that is, they're deferred. They're not considered today; they're considered sometime in the future. Can you give us any indication as to what's going to happen between today and when those amendments are to be reintroduced, such as the proposed timetable or the consultation that is going to occur with stakeholders? Do you have any transparency or visibility with respect to that process?