Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

While the government support the intent of the motion and of course do not condone such statements, we are disappointed by the explicit language in the motion, now acknowledged by the Senate. There is no doubt that the Senate and Australian society do not and will not tolerate such statements. They have no place in modern Australia. I should be clear that we do not condone these statements and we support the motivation behind this motion. However, we do believe that this could have been presented to the Senate differently whilst still making this very important point.

Question agreed to.