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

I agree with Senator Humphries. I think there does need to be a review of where this process is going and what it ultimately means. Ought we not have a statue to all prime ministers and maybe several ministers as well? We need to have a strategy about this that is clearly understood, otherwise we have governments of the day selecting who they think is worthy of a statue in the national capital. It may well be that that is based on a political determination. In brief, it ought to be at arms length. Maybe there needs to be some independent authority looking at it. Otherwise it might be like Mount Rushmore—there is no end to it and nobody quite knows how to stop the process that is underway. So I agree with Senator Humphries that it does need some long-term strategy and some independence put into the process. I am not going to oppose the motion but I agree with Senator Humphries on this.

Question agreed to.