Thursday, 19 March 2026

 The PRESIDENT (09:33): I have received a message from the Legislative Assembly:

The Legislative Assembly informs the Legislative Council that the Assembly has rejected ‘A Bill for an Act to amend the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2011 to expand the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission’s jurisdiction and provide further for public hearings and for other purposes’.

Evan Mulholland: On a point of order, President, I would just like to note the Council’s deep disappointment at the Assembly’s rejection of this bill during a crisis of corruption where $15 billion has been rorted – shame.

The PRESIDENT: No, you cannot. You may have had one option to do something, but you did not do it.

David Davis: I move, by leave:

That the Assembly’s decision be debated.

Leave refused.