Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for his question. I listened to Barnaby Joyce's interview, as so many Australians did, on RN yesterday, where this question was canvassed, and he was very clear that he does not go to Mr Christensen for advice on how to protect his family and his community around COVID and he does not agree with George Christensen's views on lockdowns, masks and other things. But what he does do is absolutely support Mr Christensen's right, as a citizen of a free country and as a community member, to have an opinion and to express it.

We've seen numerous times in this place individuals take to Facebook, take to public platforms, to express views which we don't agree with, whether it's supporting criminals, like those to my right, the Greens—