Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I think it's right that the government is able to respond to the sledges that you just did in your contribution, Senator McKenzie.

I've got a couple of points here. The government understand how the numbers work in the Senate, so we understand that this suspension will get up and that this bill will be discharged. I'll say a few things: (1) this is the first the government has heard of it. This is the first the minister has heard of it. So it's clear that Senator Pocock, Senator McKenzie and Senator Shoebridge did not have the courtesy to raise this with Minister Keogh—