Senate debates
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Bills
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024; Second Reading
7:55 pm
Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Hansard source
It locks out candidates who would actually fight for country, people, equality and justice, who understand that, while the politicians play games and hoard more power and wealth, people on the ground are starving. They're having trouble accessing medications, housing, education and many other basics, which you people wouldn't understand. Why is it that after over 200 years of the so-called civilisation of colonisation, this gammon government can't even—
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