Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We will not be supporting the suspension motion. We allowed time for consideration of those bills in the motion today, but obviously senators were keen to debate veterans entitlements legislation, which I acknowledge a huge amount of work has gone into, and we are in the middle of that right now.

Can I just also add that the comments from Senator Pocock about the scam legislation are offensive, and there is no-one in this country who has done more to protect people from scams than Minister Jones. He has spent years on this—years and years of attending forums, consulting with people and working with stakeholders—and for you to diminish that and say that he's done this in the pursuit of self-interest is absolutely offensive. From time to time, we need to get things done in this Senate. That was how the Senate resolved on this procedural motion today. I move:

That the question be now put.

Question agreed to.