Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. I can understand why Senator Milne feels so uncomfortable. I know this would embarrass her. I know the woman and she would never have any part of this. Nevertheless, the Greens voted for this motion. Senator Brown moved a motion the other day which stated:

That the Senate upholds the democratic principle that consumers should be free to buy or not buy goods based on personal ethics.

Then I moved an amendment which stated:

... that consumers should not be prevented from exercising that democratic principle to be free to buy or not to buy, by means of unlawful secondary boycott, intimidation or picket.

Senator Brown could not bring himself to vote for that amendment. He squibbed on it. He said he wanted the Greens motion noted against the amendment, and that has happened on three other occasions.

Who is running this place, Senator Brown? Who is running your party? On five or six occasions you have said, 'I will not take any notice of Lee Rhiannon.'