Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I'm not sure what you mean by the suggestion 'link'. We take a consistent position, and I think you know me well enough, Senator Paterson—I take a consistent position, where I stand and the government stands against all prejudice and all racism. That was a particularly upsetting and frightening event, and I think that the organisers apologising is the right thing to do. But I won't make an apology for always standing against all forms of prejudice and racism; we should. We should be clear in this country: no-one should feel fearful because they are a member of the Jewish community and they practise the Jewish faith, no-one should be fearful because they are a practising Muslim, no-one should be fearful because they are an Aboriginal Australian or an Asian—we have a consistent position— (Time expired)