George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, they will be, Senator Mason, but you are not one of them! I conclude by acknowledging the work of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which reviewed both the substantive bill and the consequential provisions bill. I know that Senator Guy Barnett, the deputy chair of that committee, took a very close interest in this matter as did Senator Russell Trood who participated in the hearings of that committee. I wish to acknowledge their close interest in this highly technical but, from a mechanical and legal point of view, most consequential suite of bills which have the opposition’s support.