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

Shameful. Shameful. Once again, we see the government blocking the will of the Senate and refusing to allow us a chance to vote on this important motion. Put yourself in the shoes of a Rohingya refugee living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh's refugee camps, or a member of Australia's Cambodian community who has had to endure threats of physical violence from Hun Sen. Put yourself in their shoes now, and think about what they'd be thinking about the response of the Australian government—the government's failure to criticise the leaders of Myanmar and Cambodia when they were on our soil. We have a responsibility here. Cambodia's democracy is crumbling before our very eyes. Myanmar has tried to wipe the Rohingya people off the map. What on earth is it going to take for this government to grow a spine and start to stand up for human rights in our region?