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

I thank the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges for bringing this report down. I will be supporting the suggested incorporation into Hansard of the submission from the four elders of the Exclusive Brethren sect. I have not had an opportunity to read what they have had to say, so I and my colleague Senator Milne will take that opportunity and we will no doubt have a contribution to make about the matters canvassed by the Exclusive Brethren in that report.

At this juncture, I wish to seek leave to table the book Behind the Exclusive Brethren by Michael Bachelard. It has just been released and is now available. It has on the front cover an attribution from David Marr which states:

Shocking and compelling ... an eye-opening account of power and cruelty in a tiny Christian sect that enjoys a privileged existence in Australia.

I seek leave to table the book.