Hon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you, Minister, and I'm very pleased that the Opposition spokesperson at the time was able to cause such concern amongst the ranks of the officials in the ministry. This is cause for great optimism about the role of the Opposition in keeping the Government and holding them to account. But we still find ourselves here under urgency literally a few days before the first auction and passing this piece of legislation which, in a previous debate, my colleague Dr the Hon Nick Smith has made clear is likely to be the source of further amendment because of its rushed state. 