Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

This motion is just another sad example from self-described tinfoil-hat-wearing Senator Rennick on his war on science and his war on scientists. Labor will not be supporting this motion, because we support science and we support scientists and the work that they do. We do acknowledge that the more extreme elements that appeared earlier this week in Senator Rennick's motion, referring to 'indoctrination, intimidation and shoddy mathematical modelling' have disappeared, but the fact this this motion appears today reflects poorly on the government and shows their inability to contain the frequent and getting-more-erratic outbursts from Senator Rennick. Whilst you're trying to make it look perfectly reasonable, we will not support it. We on this side of the chamber will not be providing the senator with more ammunition in his crusade against science.