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

I seek leave to make a minor amendment to general business notion of motion No. 1064, which has been circulated in the chamber.

Leave granted.

I, and also on behalf of Senator Rice, move the motion as amended:

(1) That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 15 March 2021 approximately 100,000 people, including survivors of gendered violence and allies, attended Women's March 4 Justice rallies around Australia,

(ii) a petition signed by 73,000 people calls for the following immediate actions:

(A) independent investigations into all cases of gendered violence, timely referrals to appropriate authorities, and full public accountability for findings,

(B) implementation of all 55 recommendations in the Australian Human Rights Commission's Respect@Work report,

(C) lift public funding for gendered violence prevention to world's best practice, and

(D) a Federal Gender Equality Act, including a gender equity audit of parliamentary practices, and

(iii) another petition signed by 93,000 people calls for:

(A) immediate suspension of the Attorney-General pending an independent inquiry,

(B) the Prime Minister to stop using language that trivialises rape and excuses perpetrators, and

(C) the Government to recognise the pain of misogyny and sexual assault and respect and believe victims; and

(b) calls on the Prime Minister to:

(i) establish an independent inquiry into whether the Attorney-

General is fit to remain in that role given rape allegations, and

(ii) urgently act in response to all other calls in the petitions.

(2) That this resolution be transmitted to the House of Representatives for concurrence.