Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Leyonhjelm for his matter of public importance: restrictions on the sale and service of alcohol at licensed venues and their impact on crime, health and enjoyment. I echo and appreciate Senator McAllister's comments about the complexity of the circumstances and Senator Ketter's comment about the tragic deaths that we need to avoid. I also want to say that I am, yet again, not surprised that a Greens speaker is supporting a view that wants to kill jobs and control people's lives. But, in deference to Senator Pauline Hanson's presentation of her first speech, I would like to make just two comments—firstly, that police powers, if enforced, are sufficient to protect life, property and freedom; and, secondly, that these laws are leading to gross abuses of power, and we simply need to get back to enforcing the laws through appropriate judicial responses and police enforcement.