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

The answer is no. But if I might finish the response on religious discrimination—because it's a serious topic, and it's an issue which was difficult inside the coalition, and I acknowledge Senator Sharma and others, including in the other place, and former members who took a position of conscience on those issues. These are challenging issues that need to be addressed respectfully and carefully, and we are seeking to do that. And I would remind you, Senator Cash, that you were part of a government that failed to deliver on religious discrimination precisely because you were not prepared to deal with it in a dignified and principled and respectful way, and you sought to play politics, just as you are now and as we know you always will, Senator Cash. You and Mr Dutton—we know that you will always go the lowest bit of the road whenever you can. (Time expired)