James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will be very brief. I just want to make the observation that we have been debating this bill since Monday night. We are still in the committee stage, but we are yet to consider a single amendment. There have been a number of questions asked by senators on the same topic over and over again. It appears, to me, that it might be that the chamber is trying to delay the passage of this bill, which I think would be very unfortunate given the bipartisan support for this bill and particularly considering the events of this week. I hope the Senate can quickly move on to the substantive matters and the amendments that senators wish to move.