Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I think that Senator Cormann is doing what a shadow spokesman should be doing: keeping the government to account. The government’s failure to provide details of recommendations should be condemned, and I supported the opposition on that. I agreed that those details should be provided, but I do not agree with the opposition’s belief that the government’s conduct on the recommendations is a reason to stop this body being set up. That is my fundamental difference with the opposition. I look forward to a robust committee stage and hope that the government acknowledges the merit of a number of amendments that are being moved, so enabling this bill to be passed.

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