Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

On what basis are we doing that? Where is the line?

Senator Pratt, you've had three weeks. We listened to you, last time round. You've had three weeks for the ABC to run its investigation. I reckon that's pretty fair. We have since learnt that we were lied to by the ABC in their initial statement. They didn't tell us the whole truth. So it's about time the Senate got to ask its questions, not the questions that the ABC decides it wants to ask for itself.

You went to somebody's home. It's a home invasion. It's not just an industrial protest. We all get that. Senators on this side of protect and believe in the right to protest, but you went to somebody's home, Senator McKim. Just because it's somebody who works in the mining industry, the Greens think that this is justified. That is an absolute disgrace. What about the kids who were in the household?