Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the opportunity to speak today on these two bills, the Future Drought Fund Bill 2019 and the Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019. Labor have made it clear that we are not going to stand in the way of a drought fund. This is a position we've made clear in the House, but there are some criticisms I'd like to make in this speech this afternoon. I'll touch on a couple of points.

The first one is around the proper process for these bills. We do believe that this legislation is being rushed through without proper process. The debacle—