Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

The government would convene the House now; it would convene the Senate now; it would convene the House and Senate at five o'clock, six o'clock or seven o'clock in the morning; it would convene on Christmas Day if the parliament would pass the government's legislation. But, very clearly, given the opposition's point of view, given the opposition has decided in the Senate to obstruct the will of the government and given the opposition has indicated that it will not support this legislation, it is very clear that we need a circuit breaker.

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