I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 239 standing in my name for today relating to the government's asylum seeker arrangement with Malaysia.

Leave granted.

I have circulated the amendment. It is a very small one. It makes the motion simpler. I move the amended motion as follows:

That the Senate—

  (a)   condemns the Gillard Government's deal with Malaysia that would see 800 asylum seekers intercepted in Australian waters and sent to Malaysia; and

  (b)   calls on the Government immediately to abandon this proposal.