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Senator SCARR (Queensland—Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (16:41): I move: That the Senate take note of the report. I rise to take note of the report which has been tabled by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. In that report, you will find the consideration of the human rights implications of the legislation that was passed in January that was originally an omnibus bill, and that was broken up to deal with gun laws and also prohibited hate groups.

I simply make the point that we should all reflect on the fact that this place is receiving that scrutiny report more than a month after the bill was actually passed. That really is not ideal practice, and that really is not the way that we should make laws in this country. Question agreed to.