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

We oppose Senator McKim's motion because the protesters he dares to congratulate from WACA are violent, control orientated, left-wing extremists. They flirt with being outlaws. Their words and actions of are violet. They costed taxpayers large sums of money with the interruption to parliament and damage to property. This group is so violent that they have caused the cancellation of a peaceful gathering of the Jewish community this coming weekend. Security agencies informed us that the same group who interrupted parliament yesterday—WACA—were planning on being violent and extreme in their behaviour towards a Jewish community gathering in Melbourne.

I have serious questions about whether Senator McKim assisted the protesters to destroy property and disrupt parliament, as members of my staff witnessed him cavorting with these same protesters yesterday morning. This mob, cuddled by Senator McKim, pose a risk to the dignity and safety of the Jewish community who were going to attend an event this Sunday. That the Greens would saddle up with these extremists is an indication of how much contempt the Greens have for our democracy.