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

I'm not sure I can top that effort from Senator Roberts in any way. The Labor Party is quite comfortable with section (a)(i), which I think Senator Roberts was objecting to. Labor won't be supporting this motion, as it is primarily a state matter to deal with. I think these motions are quite blunt instruments. They don't allow the opportunity to explore some of the issues that this motion raises, which are around how you would ban dolphin captivity in Australia. It doesn't recognise the importance of people who work in jobs in the tourism industry. It raises a number of issues that we don't think can be dealt with within one minute of a debate for some senators. As such, we will be opposing the motion.