Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I second Senator Hannigan's proposed amendment to the Order of Business to allow more time for the debate on climate change to ensure representatives from each party get to speak. It is especially important, since Senator Hannigan is going to Copenhagen to attend this week's climate change talks.

It is extraordinary to hear Government Senators defending the budget or describing its measures as being courageous. It must stick in the throats of even those Senators with brass necks, if that is not mixing a metaphor.