Senate debates Bills
Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading
Kim Carr Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
1:55 pm
I thank senators for their contributions and I congratulate you, Mr Acting Deputy President Fawcett, for your attempts to get coalition senators to at least acknowledge the standing orders and to try to actually be relevant to the bill. But of course what we have heard today—and Senator Brandis summed this up very clearly—is that the opposition have no intention whatsoever of allowing any further legislation to pass. Despite the fact that they intend to vote for this legislation—
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