Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction) Share this | Hansard source

I am very sympathetic to Senator Xenophon that he has not had much support here today, but I would remind him that maybe in the future he might get a little bit more sympathy than he has got in the past. However, on this occasion, Senator Xenophon, I have to say that, although we are very sympathetic about your statements, we do not see that the broad powers that the court has to redress applicants will be assisted or deterred by the amendments. Therefore, in this instance I am very sorry to say that, although extremely sympathetic, we will not be supporting them.