Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank the opposition for their constructive approach in relation to the negotiations for this piece of legislation. In terms of this particular amendment, for the record of the Hansard, the government believes that the changes it has proposed to complementary protection provisions in the Migration Act through this bill are fair, measured and appropriate, and I refer back to my summing-up speech, in which I outlined the reasons why we have taken this position. The government maintains that schedule 2 is an important part of this piece of legislation. However, the government has noted the voting intention of the majority of senators in the chamber and will not be calling for a division on the opposition amendment.