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

I will get to the important point. The opposition and the minor parties this morning were outrageously denied the opportunity to move amendments to a tax bill and bills generally, because there were a number of bills on that list. This offends not only this House and the people who elect us to this House but also, in the case of the Fuel Tax Bill, the tens of thousands of businesses in this country that are going to be adversely affected by the measures put forward by the government. (Time expired)

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