Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What I can say—and the previous minister, Senator Carr, and parliamentary secretary, Senator McLucas, said this—is that all the matters that you have raised, such as climate change, are included within the existing bill, so they can be dealt with in that way. I understand the arguments that you put. I know they are matters that you are particularly passionate about, and I acknowledge that, but they can be included within the existing bill.