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

Senator Hanson-Young, once again I am appalled that you would be so insensitive as to make a political statement about a woman who is critically ill in a Brisbane hospital as we speak. That is a shocking thing for you to say, Senator Hanson-Young, and I am ashamed of you.

I have learned through long experience not to take at face value words that are attributed to other political colleagues and political opponents. I have not seen Mr Dutton's statement, but I know that Mr Dutton takes a deep, deep personal and humane interest in everything that happens in his portfolio, and it is because Mr Dutton, like Mr Morrison before him, is so concerned about human life that he presides over a policy that has saved countless hundreds, if not thousands, of lives in the last 2½ years.