Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

that not only is Mr Nikolic attacking a professor at the university but he is now threatening to sue Jenna Price from The Canberra Times, because they published an article that outlined the need for freedom of speech and for the university and staff to be able to participate in the debate around issues of great importance to the community. So Andrew Nikolic attacks not only people like myself and Michael Powell, but anyone who dares to criticise this government. If this policy was such good policy he would not have to threaten people. He would not have to write letters emailed to the University of Tasmania at a very critical time, I may add, when negotiations are going on with the university through this government—

Government senators interjecting—