Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

As I indicated during my second reading speech, I do have an amendment. This amendment is to strike out the so-called downsizer provisions from this legislation. I want to very quickly use this opportunity to respond to a couple of comments made by Senator Ayres, who took issue with what I'd said and then proceeded to give us a little homily on the importance of downsizing. Clearly, he hadn't listened to my speech, because one of the absolute, primary premises of my speech is that, actually, this is not about downsizing at all; it's just about a further subsidy for the landed class and the very well-off in this country. I thank the Senate. I seek leave to move amendments (1) and (2) standing in my name and circulated on sheet 1632 together.

Leave granted.

by leave—I move amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1632 together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit the table item.

(2) Schedule 5, page 18 (lines 1 to 9), to be opposed.