Senator XENOPHON (9:31 PM) —Yes. The advice I have received—and obviously the Clerk’s office can advise further on this—is that I will be seeking to move an amendment to the motion that the report of the committee be adopted. Is this the appropriate time to do so?

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT —Indeed, Senator Xenophon. Please proceed.

Senator XENOPHON —Thank you. I move as an amendment to the motion that the report of the committee be adopted:

I seek to make a short statement of no more than two minutes.

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT —Leave is granted for two minutes.

Senator XENOPHON —Very briefly—and I think I can do this in less than one minute—the terms of the motion are self-explanatory. I think that if the coalition are serious about this transparency reform—and I am not suggesting that they are not—in order to properly advance this, there ought to be a process where it is looked at by the Senate Economics References Committee in order to look at the feasibility of this, the format in which it would be laid out, any potential difficulties and the like. It could get advice from Treasury, consumer groups and taxpayers’ associations to see the best way forward in relation to achieving broadly the objectives set out in Senator Cormann’s amendments.