Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This is one of the most serious issues we can face in this parliament—supporting the victims of child sexual abuse. The government should come here and actually answer the question of why they're refusing—not sitting during divisions and saying, 'We've made a decision, bad luck, get on with it and stop wasting the parliament's time.' It's one of most important things we can do. So my challenge to the government is: stand up and defend your decisions. Why are you going against the royal commission? And why are you going against these very reasonable amendments?

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