Derryn Hinch (Victoria, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) Share this | Hansard source

The reason I oppose this motion about these demonstrators is that I go back as far as the Builders Labourers Federation, when Norm Galllagher and crowd came into my radio studio and threatened me. They stopped at the door—right at the door of the studio—because they realised that, under some World War II law, if they walked into my studio then they would break the law and be in real trouble. They stayed outside; I went out and talked to them. The same thing should apply here in the people's parliament. They should not be allowed to get in there. If they do get in there, there should be laws—they are probably in existence now—where than can be treated harshly, punished for it.

That is not what this parliament is meant to be about. If you were at the White House or in the capital of the United States of America and you tried to do this, you would be arrested, you would be charged and you would be in jail for 10 years. I support peaceful protests; I support them being out there. I have been down there with the protesters against organ transplants—the Falun Gong—and that is fine. But in this case here, they are in our parliament and they are wrong. (Time expired)