Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia) (12:51): I enjoy reading between the lines of Senator Feeney's comments greatly! It is not in his set of talking points. The fact is that everybody is well aware of: this bill was being rushed through in flawed form, ambiguous form and extremely dangerous form, in my view—judging by the comments of some of the coalition senators and, indeed, Senator Feeney, by your own colleagues who are very schooled in this particular portfolio—to meet an artificial timetable of a press conference. Presumably, Senator Feeney, you will be completely surprised when this comes up in the joint press conference that occurs in Perth next month. Senator Feeney: I suppose— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Feeney, I have not given you the call, Senator Ludlam was still on his feet. We will wait for Senator Ludlam to complete— Senator LUDLAM: If Senator Feeney has something that he wants to add to clarify and to remove the ambiguity, I would greatly appreciate it. Senator Feeney interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Ludlam, have you concluded? Senator LUDLAM: I will just speak to the amendment, because I am not certain when it is going to close out and you put the question. I want to note that this amendment has not been properly analysed. Our parliament and legislative processes are being rushed and bypassed. The Greens will not call a division on government amendments, with one exception that we will get to a little later in the debate. But I do want the record to show the Greens objections that the Senate, its committee system and our parliament is being treated with contempt just so that the government can make its announcement when US secretaries Clinton and Panetta visit Australia in November.