Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I indicate that I will not be proceeding with the Australian Greens amendment that was circulated in the chamber the last time we were here. I take on board the comments by the parliamentary secretary responsible for this process in the House of Representatives. There are other avenues and ways in which the Greens can pursue this issue, and we will certainly commit to ensuring that the issues of sexuality are comprehensively covered in the census following the one that is being held this year.

I also note that I was concerned about some of the comments that were made by the parliamentary secretary in the House of Representatives. Those comments seemed to indicate that he held a view that some groups of people within our community do not deserve the same right as other groups of people in our community to have their contributions and their relationships recorded in the census. That is an issue of concern to the Greens, but we will continue to pursue it for future censuses.