Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

I have listened to these contributions from Senator Roberts and some of his colleagues—Mr Dutton's favourite candidate for the Senate, Senator Rennick—and others. I have spoken about them at length before, and I don't intend to take much time now.

That contribution really is a titanic effort to fit every single barking-mad conspiracy theory into one contribution, into a 15-minute slot of extremism and conspiracy theories. The problem with extremism and conspiracy theories is that they do damage. They are deliberately calculated to do damage. They are propagated by people—