Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I think the Prime Minister has said in his comments on this matter that it is not his usual approach to engage in action such as that outside the chamber. That is not his usual approach. But he has on a number of occasions, with a number of different representatives of community and on a number of different issues, always sought to offer the opportunity for a private meeting directly with the Prime Minister—the highest office holder in our system, the highest office holder in this country. In the context of this process, he has done the same. He has offered that opportunity to those who have organised today's protest and to those who wish to raise these issues.