Division
Jacinta Collins I think on the last occasion I highlighted fairly comprehensively the government's failure to respond to some quite significant issues. Perhaps the one quip— Honourable Senator An honourable senator interjecting— Jacinta Collins Sorry, what was that point? Sean Edwards Ignore the interjections, Senator Collins. Proceed. An honourable senator interjecting— Jacinta Collins No, I am not going to say it all again. An honourable senator interjecting— No. The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Collins, please ignore the interjections. Stephen Conroy Particularly from people not in their seats. Jacinta Collins Yes, not in their seats—it is quite a problem. No, the only additional remark I was going to make was the one that I forgot to make earlier, which was that, if Senator Cormann actually responded to legitimate questions rather than playing on social media about representations of hours and the like, we might actually make some progress. Senators need to understand: whilst he is being asked legitimate questions by a number of senators and failing to respond, what is he doing instead? He is sitting there playing on his mobile, engaging with social media on unrelated issues such as the amount of time that has been involved so far and his misrepresentations in part on that point. But, as we know, we are at the first of government amendments on sheet JP109. Because this amendment is in a sense definitional and relates to other amendments in this set, I will deal with the opposition's position in relation to all of those amendments, (1) to (9). It will not surprise—oh, look, Senator Cormann is even looking happy! The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Order! Mathias Cormann You are talking about the amendments. That is good. The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Order! Jacinta Collins Well, Senator Cormann, you give me the opportunity— The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Collins, ignore the interjections. No, he does give me the opportunity to reflect on some of the taunts and the helpfulness that
Senate, 2016-03-17. negative: ayes 24, noes 38.
Question
Jacinta Collins I think on the last occasion I highlighted fairly comprehensively the government's failure to respond to some quite significant issues. Perhaps the one quip— Honourable Senator An honourable senator interjecting— Jacinta Collins Sorry, what was that point? Sean Edwards Ignore the interjections, Senator Collins. Proceed. An honourable senator interjecting— Jacinta Collins No, I am not going to say it all again. An honourable senator interjecting— No. The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Collins, please ignore the interjections. Stephen Conroy Particularly from people not in their seats. Jacinta Collins Yes, not in their seats—it is quite a problem. No, the only additional remark I was going to make was the one that I forgot to make earlier, which was that, if Senator Cormann actually responded to legitimate questions rather than playing on social media about representations of hours and the like, we might actually make some progress. Senators need to understand: whilst he is being asked legitimate questions by a number of senators and failing to respond, what is he doing instead? He is sitting there playing on his mobile, engaging with social media on unrelated issues such as the amount of time that has been involved so far and his misrepresentations in part on that point. But, as we know, we are at the first of government amendments on sheet JP109. Because this amendment is in a sense definitional and relates to other amendments in this set, I will deal with the opposition's position in relation to all of those amendments, (1) to (9). It will not surprise—oh, look, Senator Cormann is even looking happy! The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Order! Mathias Cormann You are talking about the amendments. That is good. The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Order! Jacinta Collins Well, Senator Cormann, you give me the opportunity— The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Collins, ignore the interjections. No, he does give me the opportunity to reflect on some of the taunts and the helpfulness that
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