Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Ronaldson, I am happy to take your advice on making that call, but the key decision is not what happens today but what will happen tomorrow. We will only bring the key decision on tomorrow if we actually pass it today. Nothing is changed by us facilitating and getting these amendments. If you pass your amendments and defeat ours, nothing changes, because the key decision is what you intend to do tomorrow, which I am happy to have a discussion about. It will facilitate the passage of a number of other bills that also have to be passed if we complete the committee stage. I am happy to make that phone call, but it does not change anything as to whether or not we pass these amendments.