Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) that it is not illegal to arrive in Australia to seek asylum, and

(ii) previous attempts by the Australian Greens to have the use of the term 'illegal' in reference to asylum seekers ruled as out of order in Senate debate; and

(b) calls on parliamentarians to refrain from using the misleading and inaccurate term 'illegal' when referring to asylum seekers.