Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

It is with great sadness that I support this motion. I wish to associate myself with the remarks of both the government and the opposition. Coming after the death of Corporal Mathew Hopkins earlier this week it gives an added spectre to it that two Australian lives have been lost. And the fact that this young man was defusing a bomb to make it safer for others adds to the tragedy and the poignancy of the situation.