Penny Wright (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Can I clarify that I am not going to get a response to that, Attorney-General?

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: The minister does not want the call, Senator Wright. Senator Wright.

Then I ask the next question. I am interested because this is a very vague, broad term that has been—

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Wright?

I am not going to get a response to that question, I imagine, but I do have a follow-up question. I put this to everyone really, and particularly the Attorney-General. I am not playing a game here; I am seriously interested in having clarity from the government which is proposing this legislation, to help answer, reassure people about or clarify the concerns that have been legitimately raised by organisations in Australia who are concerned about the implications of this legislation. The question is: can you, as Attorney-General, give us and give the Australian public—anyone who might be listening, or reading the Hansard transcript—an example of what this term 'supports and facilitates' will mean in context?

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Brandis, I am going to get Senator Wright to repeat the very last question she asked so that you can listen to it, because you were in conversation with the Clerk.

Given that the government has accepted PJCIS recommendation No. 2, referring to ensuring the clarity around the term 'supports and facilitates' in the provisions in the bill that extend the control order regime, I am asking, Attorney, if you can give us an example of what that will mean in context.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Wright, I do not have the right to call you again because you have just spoken twice.