Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens will be opposing the government's amendment, because here we are again, wanting the procedure committee to look specifically into racism, to include black and brown people of colour in that inquiry and to have a hearing and actually listen to those voices.

I know that all this that you have noted in your amendment has happened, but that hasn't changed a thing. You can laugh away at this because, for you all, it's a laughing matter, but, for some of us in here and many of us out there, racism is not a laughing matter. If you are serious about tackling racism, then why are you amending this motion? What are you afraid of? Listen to what people in here and out there have to say about racism in this chamber.