Alannah Mactiernan (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I tell you what, mate: do not worry. We have 38 amendments. There are 38 amendments in this bill that would not have been here unless the Labor Party had stood you up and went through the joint standing committee process. I can tell you that I believe that over time this will be yet another nail in the Abbott coffin. This has been a very, very unfortunate experience. This is an important debate that we need to have in this country. We need to have a regulated system of data retention. We need the oversight that is included in this bill, but this has been done very badly because we have a Prime Minister who is simply not up to the job.

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