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

I do thank senators for giving me leave. The opposition would like to understand the intentions of the government in relation to two bills, in particular, acknowledging that we sat last night to deal with time-critical bills. There are a number of time-critical bills listed on the program today. I'm conscious there is also limited time for government business over Wednesday and Thursday. The opposition would like to understand how the government intends to deal with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021. We know that both those bills require substantive debate. They're not listed on the program today. We would like to understand from the government how they intend to deal with those bills before the Senate adjourns at the end of tomorrow's sitting.