George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): If I may say so, Senator Singh, what an insulting thing to say to Australians with a disability. What an appalling thing to say to Australians with a disability—because we have a disability discrimination commissioner at the moment. We have the Disability Discrimination Commissioner at the moment who is actually working very effectively to address issues facing people with a disability. That is why former Senator Susan Ryan is leading an inquiry into discrimination against people with a disability and against older Australians—a perfect complementarity of her two roles. Senator Singh, for you to suggest, as you do by implication in your question, that people with a disability are not of the utmost concern to any Australian government is preposterous. (Time expired)