Kylea Tink (North Sydney, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

That was the media report. Sorry, Mr Speaker. 'Outperform the opposition leader to be the opposition leader'—I don't know how to rephrase it. I'll withdraw it. The fact of the matter is that you have an opportunity here to be better than that. We have an opportunity to look at each of these people case by case. We have the opportunity to actually work out how we do right by these people who have been left to languish for over 10 years.

Finally, I would say people commit crimes and are punished all the time—that's how our criminal system works—yet for some reason we are fixated in this parliament at the moment on ensuring that someone who commits a crime is never forgiven. We are saying our criminal system leaves people beyond redemption. That, in and of itself, reflects poorly on us. I join the member for Melbourne in saying this debate must be adjourned and we must be given time as a parliament to thoroughly review this legislation.

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