Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I am so sorry, Senator Abetz: to not oppose! I have not quite understood—this is clearly coalition party speak—what the difference between ‘not oppose’ and ‘support’ is in a chamber where you actually have to vote at some point, unless perhaps they are just going to keep silent for the entirety of the voting period and only make contributions during the debate. Senator Abetz, we have a bill before the chamber which delivers on this government’s election commitments in a policy area that was, absolutely, a significant focus of the last election. From this side of the chamber we would like to proceed with debating the various amendments, including those from the crossbenches as well as government amendments, which I am happy to provide detail of.