Senator CHRIS EVANS (9:36 PM) —The Labor opposition does not support these amendments, which seek to remove the provisions for the faster handling of less significant applications. We sought successfully to make amendments in the House of Representatives to remove some of the deficiencies of the government's original approach which were raised in the committee hearings and which we took quite seriously. It is recognised that there are excessive delays for some minor matters and that there should be procedures that avoid every single matter banking up waiting for formal ministerial council approval. We believe the opposition's amendments make it possible for concerned community groups to object and prevent any particular application from being fast-tracked if it contains a contentious matter. We think that provides the effective protection to ensure there is proper scrutiny of all matters if there is a group or interest that feels that the fast-tracking should not apply. We obviously will monitor that in practice to make sure that that intention is met and that it does work successfully. We are, therefore, happy to support at this stage the current proposal and will be opposing the amendments.