Philip Ruddock (Berowra, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

The amendments are not supported. The two-tiered hierarchy was a proposal considered by the committee, which concluded that the approach was appropriate. I have noted that during this debate members have, in a bipartisan way, continued to reflect the level of agreement that we saw before the committee during the inquiry itself. The member for Parramatta supported this provision and described the two-tiered best interest provisions as ‘excellent’. I suspect the reason we will not have a division on these amendments is that the honourable member for Gellibrand has not been able to dissuade her colleagues from the view that they support this measure.

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