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

He stood up here and said we should have prevented people from being released—prevented a High Court decision. He stood in here, day after day, week after week, month after month and said: 'You've got to respect the Constitution. You can't change the Constitution, because if you do, you can't out-legislate it.' That's what he said. That's what they all said in justifying their 'no' vote, day after day and week after week.

This is what he said in May, in this chamber, 'The parliament cannot out-legislate the Constitution.' But, when it's convenient, just chuck it out and pretend it doesn't exist. They were responsible for a decade. The legislation that's been thrown out by the High Court was coalition legislation.

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