Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Cameron misunderstood my speech if he thought I was bullying the President of the Human Rights Commission, or otherwise attacking her, or saying I disliked her or hated her, as it seems Senator Cameron understood from my speech. I cannot understand how he got that impression from my speech, and I urge him to read my speech, where I did not even mention the President of the Human Rights Commission, or Ms Gillian Triggs—Senator Cameron mentioned her, I certainly did not. I was talking about the Human Rights Commission, a commission which I might say included a former commissioner who is now a member of my party in this parliament. So I was talking about the commission, not individuals, and Senator Cameron, as always, simply misunderstood or did not understand or simply, as always, does not know. (Time expired)