Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026

Senator SHOEBRIDGE (New South Wales) (12:12): We've got to get our steps up somehow! The CHAIR: I'm not sure that qualifies, Senator Shoebridge! Senator SHOEBRIDGE: I know this discussion has been somewhat oblique to the amendment that's currently before the Senate, but I indicate that the Greens will be supporting the government's amendment to the opposition's proposed amendment, and the Greens will be supporting the amended amendment—assuming we get to that point—in relation to the Senate committee review of extradition.

I just want to be clear. I note one of the concerns in the opposition's amendment was that there is a restriction on the time within which arrest warrants or search warrants can be issued. We're talking about extradition proceedings.

Extradition proceedings almost always—in fact, I think, pretty much on every occasion—involve the person who is the subject of an extradition proceeding having a lot of prior notice of it because proceedings have commenced in another country and those proceedings have then been communicated to Australia. On almost every occasion that I'm aware of, when extradition proceedings happen, the person who is the subject of them in this country has a substantial amount of prior notice of it.

So this isn't a case of needing arrest warrants where you come sneaking in at night or they're happening outside of business hours. I note the concerns of the opposition. But I think the reality is that having these warrants executed during fairly standard hours should in no way limit their capacity to be effective, but we don't mind them being reviewed.

And the idea of reviewing them for any unintended consequences is something we actually support.