Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senators Farrell and Moore, I move:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that it is 50 years since one of Australia's greatest athletes, Mr Peter Norman, won silver in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in a time of 20 seconds, which remains the Australian and Oceania record;

(b) acknowledges the courageous stand Mr Norman took when he borrowed an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge, and stood on the podium alongside gold medallist Mr Tommie Smith and bronze medallist Mr John Carlos, in support of their famous stand for racial equality; and

(c) notes that in 2012, the House of Representatives unanimously carried a motion moved by the Member for Fraser, Mr Leigh, that saw the national Parliament apologise posthumously to Mr Norman for the way he was treated upon his return, and the failure to fully recognise inspiring action.