Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That consideration of government business orders of the day No. 1 Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and No. 2 Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 and related bill be postponed until after consideration of government business order of the day No. 3 Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2].

I will just speak briefly to the motion to indicate that the leader of the government in the Senate, Senator Abetz, convened earlier this morning a leaders, managers, whips and crossbench meeting to discuss a motion to arrange business for the remainder of the week to take account of the fact that the message has come from the other place with the carbon tax repeal package of legislation. There will be further discussions through the course of the afternoon. The government is endeavouring to work cooperatively with colleagues in this place as far as possible to endeavour to reach agreement as to how to proceed and ensure that this package of legislation is dealt with, and, also, that some other important pieces of legislation are dealt with.

Question agreed to.