Senate debates

Thursday, 20 March 2014

Bills

Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013; Second Reading

10:38 am

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

This bill, the Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013, brought before the Senate by the opposition is a stark reminder of the different approaches that the two different parties bring to government. Labor in government was a party of either procrastination or acting in extreme haste. In some ways they were guilty of both those faults in relation to this matter. We in government are a party that seeks to make sure that what we do and what we pursue is done properly, the first time, through the proper processes and that we get things right.

The legislation before us, which is fundamentally similar to legislation brought into the last parliament in its dying days by the previous government, is flawed legislation in the context and point of view of key stakeholders. We are working through the right process to bring the right legislation into this place, and that will happen very soon.

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