House debates Health Insurance Amendment (Revival of Table Items) Legislation

Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

Thursday, 29 October 2009 House of Representatives

Nicola Roxon

Nicola Roxon Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing

9:55 am

The reason we thought the opposition might be interested in understanding why this suspension is not being supported is that we have advice from the legal advisers to the government that the bill introduced in the Senate is unconstitutional. If the Liberal Party do not want to hear that they have taken an unconstitutional step—

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