Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition have decided to progress the agenda of the government, and I thank them for that. I would remind the opposition of two things. First of all, the government is always ready for our legislation to go through the parliament the moment we introduce it—always. The reason that we wait till the following week is at a request of the opposition to allow them to have their party room meeting. But I take it that the House of Reps tactics committee for the opposition have met and have decided they're ready to progress—I take the Manager of Opposition Business at his word—with any legislation that will help in the current circumstance with respect to fuel. That was the commitment he made, and I will be moving an amendment to this motion to make that true. There is another relevant bill, a Fair Work Act amendment bill that was introduced today, and we will be taking him at his word that that will go through the House today as well.

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