Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Now, the shadow Attorney-General has actually been involved in a deeper way in this process for longer than I have been, and that is why he knows full well that some of the campaigning that has attempted to draw questions where they simply are not there is disingenuous, going forward. Noel Pearson nailed the shadow Attorney-General in his article in the Australian of a few weeks ago. I'd say to the shadow Attorney-General he was right then: he should have the courage to stand up for the principled position he has historically taken on this issue and to support it when it's put to the Australian people later this year.

The Leader of the Opposition has broken his vow of silence today through interjecting about something. The shadow Attorney-General knows, because it was outlined historically, how this process occurred in that article by Noel Pearson just a couple of weeks ago in the Weekend Australian. To the credit of the Weekend Australian they got it right, and I'd ask the member to reflect on that. (Time expired)

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