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

As a relative newcomer here, I know that it is against the so-called rules to oppose the introduction of a bill and anybody at all should be able to introduce a bill. I will certainly support Labor, the government and the Greens on opposing the postponement of this bill, but I also want to say that on this occasion I oppose the introduction of this bill, because we are reaching a stage here now, as alluded to by the leader of the Greens, that you could put anything offensive in the title of your bill—I'm introducing a bill that says 'Da-de-dah; ban so-and-so'; all that sort of stuff. Having it sitting there on the Notice Paper, as Senator Collins said, for weeks and weeks is a foul thing, is wrong and is a hint back to the White Australia policy. For one, I'll oppose the introduction of the bill, let alone the postponement of it.

Question negatived.