Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to government amendments and requests for amendments to be moved to the Private Health Insurance Bill 2006, the Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 and the Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Amendment Bill 2006. The memorandum was circulated in the chamber on 20 March 2007. In relation to the running sheet, the first set of amendments which are listed are government amendments (1) to (104). It may be that votes have to be taken separately along the way, but I seek leave to move all those amendments together. Where we need to have a separate vote we can. I will address those amendments in the different lots as they relate to the various parts of the bill. I do that to assist the committee, as a way of going forward, rather than doing it in pieces. It would have to be broken down into something like 30-odd separate segments. I think we can save time adopting this course of action. Other senators may have some comments.