House debates

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Bills

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2015-2016; Consideration in Detail

4:59 pm

Photo of Christopher PyneChristopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

is to explore ideas. And the Australian Consensus Centre and Bjorn Lomborg would have challenged thinking at the University of Western Australia. And even if he were a climate denialist, he is perfectly within his rights to be so if he happens to be that. He is not, actually, but freedom of speech would certainly allow that and academic freedom would allow that too. So I find it very passing strange that the Labor Party would be so vocal about Bjorn Lomborg and the Australian Consensus Centre but be absolutely silent about Jake Lynch and the Sydney peace centre at the University of Sydney.

The Labor Party and the Greens have said nothing—nothing at all!—about Jake Lynch and the so-called 'peace centre' at the University of Sydney, and yet they were very loud in their condemnation of Bjorn Lomborg and the Australian Consensus Centre.

Honourable members interjecting

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