Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

There are people, like Senator Anning and Senator O'Sullivan, who are so concerned with policing what women can do with their bodies that they're happy to trot out the old lie about late-term abortions. It is clear that if these senators actually cared about children they'd spend their time in the Senate talking about the plight of children locked up in offshore detention, who are self-harming as a result of the conditions they're being kept in by this government. They'd be calling for a rise in the minimum wage and more support for families who are struggling to make ends meet, because right now there are 739,000 Australian children living in poverty. These are the children those senators should be worried about. They would also be calling for this government to finally take action against the very real national security crisis of violence against women. The most dangerous place for a woman and her children to be is in her own home because she is most likely to be killed or injured by someone she knows, yet all we hear is about how women need to be further controlled when it comes to their bodies.