Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

We are a party that has a long history of standing against racism, and we always will. Unlike those opposite, we do not believe people have a right to be a bigot. Unlike those opposite, we do not believe people have a right to offend others. It was you and your party, including Senator Cash and Senator Paterson, who wanted to remove those protections from section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Our position on racial discrimination is clear, it is consistent and it will always be thus.