Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

And, as we know, the whole point that I am making this time is: the Australian people are asking these questions now. I know that, when Senator Nampijinpa Price goes out, these are certainly the questions, Senator Nampijinpa Price, that you are being asked. And we cannot provide any answers. Referring people to some principles is not adequate, in particular, when the answer—and we are going to get to the principles, and we will go through them in detail, and I'm quite sure the answer is going to be: 'That will be a matter for the parliament.' But you are asking people to make an informed decision, and yet, to date, what we have in this case is completely lacking in detail: 'This is the cart. This is the horse.' This is the bill we're debating, and, unfortunately, all the detail is here. That is completely unacceptable, when you are asking the Australian people to change the Constitution. You should not treat them like mugs. You should at least give them the respect that they deserve and be able to answer what are very basic questions that actually are coming from exactly that—your design principles.

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