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

Thank you, Mr President. In Senator Brown's amendment to my notice of motion, he said 'Senator Boswell's rejection of the Victoria Police as doing their job'. What I said in the Senate was:

... Victoria Police might do it and they should do it and they have done it—and good luck to them. They have done it efficiently and effectively ...

That is hardly condemning the Victoria Police. It is actually praising the Victoria Police. If Senator Brown had any decency, he would get up and apologise for misquoting me. Senator Ludwig did misquote me but he was going off Senator Brown. I will wait for your apology, too, Senator.

Senator Ludwig interjecting—

I suspect I will not, because you are dead wrong. My personal explanation is that I have been misrepresented. It will be on the record that I have criticised the Victorian police, when in actual fact I have praised the Victoria Police to high heaven.

Question negatived.