Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The bill is about unpaid leave, and their amendments are about paid leave. It's quite a different matter, and, as the Clerk has indicated, that is quite outside the standing orders as we understand them to be. Allowing a vote on this would be a dangerous precedent, and I put it to you that the opposition will take the opportunity to use this on every occasion that they can, turn back to this precedent and say, 'It was allowed on the Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill, so it should be allowed on this bill as well.'

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