Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I am sure the remainder of the chamber including this side is very disappointed that the Leader of the Government in the Senate when given the opportunity to repudiate those remarks, to make absolutely clear the government’s support of the intervention, has let that pass. Perhaps I should ask again. After the senator made these inappropriate remarks, she then went on to take note of answers and in fact made even more outrageous remarks in the same area. In the context of any apology that has simply been offered, we want an explanation from the Leader of the Government in the Senate as to exactly why he will not repudiate the remarks of the senator.