Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, there is no place in this House of Representatives, in the Senate or in our committees for the sort of sexist language that we have heard today and for the sort of sexist language that we have heard in the past. As Minister for Social Inclusion I do not think it is right that half our population should feel excluded by this type of language.

Honourable members interjecting—

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