Senate debates Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008

In Committee


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water

1:19 pm

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.

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