Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I thank Senator Cormann for his cooperation and assistance with the passage of the previous bill. Neither the opposition spokesperson on this bill nor the government minister responsible are here at the moment. They have obviously been caught a little short, given the speed with which we proceeded on the previous bill. I think we surprised everybody with our assistance. We now have a senator here who might be able to assist us with this particular piece of legislation.