Points of Order — Emissions Trading Scheme—Availability of Amending Legislation

I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. The arrangements for the House for the rest of the week are slightly peculiar, as you will be aware. Yesterday, at this same point, I asked the Leader of the House about the availability of the emissions trading scheme amendment bill, because the House will go into urgency tomorrow to consider it. It has had no public scrutiny, and there has been no chance for members of the House to look at it and no chance for the media to review it. The Minister continues to say the bill will be made available, yet here we are right before we are to go into consideration of it, and it is still not available at this time.

It is not usual for someone to be invited to respond to a point of order that is actually not a point of order. I inform all members of the House that the Hon Dr Nick Smith will be conducting a briefing for all parties in his office this evening at 7.30—[Interruption]

💬 Mr SPEAKER: A point of order is actually being heard.

—and the bill will be made available. I think that is well adequate time for the Opposition parties to consider the aspects of this bill.

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