Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I must say, Madam Temporary Chairman, I am most unhappy about that. It was my understanding that this bill was not coming on for a while and that there were certain things to be done. Apparently for some reason it slipped through very, very quickly. Senator Joyce, Senator Boswell and I, who clearly have major parts in this debate, are rather disappointed that the minister did not do us the courtesy of delaying things.