Senate debates
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009
Third Reading
4:19 pm
Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source
I move:
That the sitting of the Senate be suspended till 9 am, Friday, 13 February 2009.
In doing so, I am happy to take up Senator Bob Brown’s suggestion that the Senate meet tomorrow. We have offered to come back and resubmit the bills at the first available opportunity of the next sitting of the parliament, but if there is a mood in the Senate to consider them tomorrow the government would be very anxious to have that occur because there is urgency, as I have argued before. We are happy to get these bills dealt with again as soon as possible. The bills will be re-presented as amended by the House of Representatives and they will come back here tomorrow if the Senate is prepared to sit, so I would urge the Senate to support this motion. If this motion is unsuccessful we will return to the proposition that we sit on 23 February.
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