Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to speak briefly as to why I will not be proceeding with that amendment.

Leave granted.

I do not wish to detain the chamber unnecessarily, but the substance of the second reading amendment was that the privacy impact assessment that Senator Cash referred to be tabled before the debate proceed. Technically that did not occur. In fact, we were all the way through the second reading debate before the minister put that document on the table in her summary remarks a couple of days ago. Nonetheless, that document is in the public domain. When we come to the committee stage, we will be asking a few very quick questions about it, but I will not need to proceed with the amendment for that reason.