David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. That's what the coalition does. It likes cruelty. It likes nastiness. They specialise in it, and these provisions of the bill were designed to be nasty to people. I know the coalition doesn't like it when we speak the truth about their motivations on particular bills. I know it's uncomfortable. I know the history of being mean to people, to refugees—being deliberately cruel, having intentionally cruel policies—is awkward for some members in the coalition, and I accept that their own personal values are sometimes challenged by what they have to vote for. I accept that on a personal level. But the institution of the coalition specialises in this cruelty. They actually deliberately inflict cruelty on refugees and migrants as part of the coalition's DNA.