Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I support the motion. I think that resolution 5 of the privileges section of the standing orders, which allows aggrieved persons or persons who believe they have been adversely affected by any matter in this place to have their response put on the public record, is a wonderful process. Without having seen the submission of the three gentlemen on behalf of the Exclusive Brethren, I congratulate the committee for accepting their proposal. That is how I would have wanted it. I do not make a habit of responding to content, and I have not seen the content on this occasion, so I cannot. I just want to say this: what a better world it would be if everybody were to take submissions from others into account in moving towards deliberations and actions in public to prevent false accusations, misleading claims or lies going into the public record. I suggest that the Exclusive Brethren look at this process and adopt a similar process themselves.