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

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

The China syndrome is alive and well. The Dalai Lama is a Noble Peace Prize winner and one of the great philosophers, religious leaders and political thinkers on the planet in 2009. He has addressed the US congress—both houses—and he has addressed the European parliament and he ought to have the facility to come into this chamber. I think what the parliament should have done a long time ago is have a joint meeting in the Great Hall to hear an address from the Dalai Lama, but—