Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move amendments to Senator Gallagher's proposed amendments.

Leave granted.

I move:

That in respect of:

(a) the Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017, omit "9 August 2017", substitute "14 June 2017"; and

(b) the Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (A More Sustainable, Responsive and Transparent Higher Education System) Bill 2017, omit "9 August 2017", substitute "16 June 2017".

I will not delay the chamber other than to say that the government believes that a month is a good and reasonable amount of time to give consideration to these packages of legislation. There has been, and will be, a high degree of scrutiny and interest in the various forums of the Senate. We expect that those will be fully deployed by colleagues in this place and that the time frame available is reasonable to do that.