Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I indicate that the coalition does not support the resolution. In saying that, we will not be opposing it by a formal division in this place. It is somewhat astounding that in the government’s time today at the end of a very heavy legislative agenda—having criticised, as the Prime Minister has, the Senate delaying the government’s legislative timetable—the Leader of the Government has gotten up in the Senate to take up time that could have been devoted to going through with the government’s legislative timetable.