Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Revenue) Share this | Hansard source

I am very happy to take this opportunity to make a contribution on the Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fishing Offences) Bill 2006. What an important piece of legislation it is. It is so important that the government wanted to deny me an opportunity to make a contribution on the Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Tax Reduction and Improved Depreciation Arrangements) Bill 2006 in the consideration in detail stage. What I wanted to say on that bill was how disappointed I was that the Treasurer did not turn up to summarise debate on that bill. Members of the House will recall the Treasurer coming in here to introduce the bill with great fanfare. He was all done up in his regal best.

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