Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I heard you. The fact is that the people of this nation want you to represent them, and you vote in a bloc so that you will not allow this inquiry to happen. I don't believe you. I really don't believe you—not on an important issue like this.

I've got to say I don't agree with the Liberals' stance on this. Birmingham, Bragg, Hume, Kovacic, Smith—they're the same. They support all this rubbish, but at least they didn't vote against my first motion for an inquiry with this. What surprises me so much is that Senator Kovacic came and spoke to me about it, because she was told that I've got another agenda with all this. She came to speak to me personally and said, 'What is this all about?' I explained it to her. She said, 'I don't have a problem with that; I don't have a problem with what you want to have this inquiry for.' Isn't it funny? They must have got to her, because she's never voted for it since. Isn't it a shame when you find out the reasons why? You want to represent the people out there and then you vote against it. That's what happens in this place all the time. That's why most of the time I don't have respect for most of the people in this parliament at all—because you don't stand up for what you believe in.

At least I sleep at night, and I know I'm out there fighting for the rights of the Australian people, and I will keep fighting for the rights of these children and to have an inquiry. Let the parents have their say. Bring the evidence forward. Other countries are waking up with regard to this. It is about the children. If you destroy their bodies, they will never recover again. It's no wonder we've got so much mental ill health going on in this country, and you're responsible for it. You are responsible, and it's a shame on this parliament that you keep allowing this to happen time and time again.

I don't expect you to have a change of heart and to support this motion of mine to get it before an inquiry. I'd be absolutely gobsmacked. I'll actually be so grateful if some commonsense prevails out there so that you allow this inquiry. I'll make a special call: Senator David Pocock, get some guts about you, mate, and vote for this one. (Time expired)