Senator LEES (5:52 PM) —I understand that my amendment now comes to the top of the list because the Greens amendment is contingent on this one. If this one goes down, we will move to that one and then we will move to Senator Harradine's amendment. I have spoken on this already, so I will put it very quickly. This amendment seeks to modify the proclamation date for this legislation so that it takes account of what happens at the election. In other words, it goes out to July next year and it needs a vote of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which is in line with the constitution. The government's plan to basically leave it up to cabinet is non-constitutional; therefore, I move:

(2) Clause 2, page 3 (lines 22 to 24), omit subclause (3), substitute:

(3) A Proclamation under subsection (2) must not be made before 1 July 1999 and before the date to be fixed by the Proclamation has been approved by a resolution passed by each House of the Parliament.