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

I have a certain empathy with Senator Arbib, because he read a prepared statement. But it became an absurdity, because he began by saying ‘the government recognises the national heritage significance of the Windsor Hotel’. The active component of the motion is to ‘recognise the national heritage significance of the Windsor Hotel.’ The government recognises the national heritage significance of the Windsor Hotel but is about to vote against a motion recognising the national heritage significance of the Windsor Hotel. How absurd that is. I ask that the government quickly review the nonsense of voting against a motion on a matter which it supports one hundred per cent.