Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

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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