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

Thank you, Senator Watson; I appreciate your interjection as always. That was not the intent, but we welcome the opportunity. As I have indicated, the government do not believe that the intended opposition amendments actually do what they believe them to do. Therefore we believe that we should support our amendments, and we intend to press ahead with them. I appreciate that Senator Allison is probably in a complete fog at this point and wondering what has been going on. We appreciate your forbearance, Senator Allison, and, if we can facilitate any information coming your way as quickly as we can, we hope to do so.