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

No, you asked about majorities. And we've seen a fair example in this sitting fortnight and a majority between your former colleagues and the opposition. So, I would make—

That's true. But I'm making the point—you said we have a progressive majority in this place. I'm not sure that that is always the case.

Secondly, obviously there are a number of things that you've asked about. Can I just go with the anti-discrimination legislation; I think you went to that. Obviously this has been a very divisive debate previously in Australia. The Prime Minister's view was that, given the importance of social cohesion at this time, this is not a time for an ongoing partisan, divisive debate. We saw such a debate and the effects of that on our communities.