Andrew McLachlan (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

In response to your query, Senator Scarr, there are government amendments which have been tabled, and then opposition amendments which are resisting those amendments, which means that I'll be putting four questions to the committee, so everyone knows what we're going to do—that government amendments (1) to (8), amendments (10) to (13), and amendment (15) and amendment (21) be agreed to. Once we vote on those, because of opposition amendments, for amendment (9), it will be that proposed item 24C be agreed to—because each question has to be put in the positive—and then that the remainder of amendment (9) be agreed to. And then, finally, it will be that amendment (14) be agreed to. Those four questions will be broken out because of the opposition amendments which will be subsequent to the government's amendments if people move them as tabled.