Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

If Senator McGrath were so sure of his position, then why on earth would he not support an inquiry to confirm that position? If he were so sure of his position that the invasion of Iraq was not a political, strategic and humanitarian catastrophe—if he were absolutely sure that the invasion of Iraq was warranted—then he would be happy to support an inquiry so that we can learn the lessons of the past.

Just today we learnt that Senator Molan has posted more offensive material. This time it appears that he shared an offensive joke, and I'm not going to repeat it. How many more times do we need to be aware of this behaviour before he is rebuked by the Prime Minister? As I said yesterday, we saw the UK Prime Minister rebuke President Trump for sharing similarly offensive material. We need an inquiry into the Iraq War. It is now time for the coalition and the Labor Party to stop blocking it so that we can learn the lessons of the past.

Question negatived.