Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw, Mr President, and I would ask you to review your ruling. I always understood that you could not defame a political party but you can defame individuals. I did not say that Senator Rice was deliberately lying; I was saying that the Greens political party, their supporters and GetUp! at the Queensland election—and elsewhere, I might say, such as in the UN—continue to propagate misinformation for crass political purposes. I would ask you, Mr President, if you could perhaps sometime review that. I was of the understanding that I could say—and I would not—that the Labor Party tells lies but I could not say that Senator Carr tells lies, but I leave that to you.