Hon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's ironic—deeply ironic—that we are here under urgency just a week or two away from the first auction to take place under the principal Act, and we're amending that principal Act under urgency. I find it somewhat bizarre that this amendment legislation will come into effect on 15 March, just two days ahead of the first scheduled auction on 17 March. I can remember in my first reading speech advising the Minister to beware of the ides of March—beware of the ides of March—because, actually, we shouldn't be here doing this under urgency in the way that we have been. In a largely uncharacteristic way, this Minister, who is usually across the detail of his portfolio area, has let this relatively minor but quite important stopgap safety-net measure slip through his scrutiny.