Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I am happy to acknowledge the interjections. What has been very informative in this debate is how insulting Senator Conroy has been of his own party. Some of his comments have been quite extraordinary—really putting the caucus and certain people in the caucus above the whole party. He spelt that out very clearly, more than once in this debate, when it came up that his party put in a submission—a very clear submission—to JSCEM supporting Senate voting reform. This came from the ALP's national secretary, George Wright:

Labor's preferred position would also see a requirement that ballot paper instructions and how-to-vote material advocate that voters fill in a minimum number of boxes above the line, …

He had also spelt out very clearly that group-voting tickets must be abolished. Again, very clear support for Senate voting reform. Very clear—