Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I accept that this is a difficult issue; I accept that it is an issue that arouses strong passions in our community, on both sides. And I think it should be treated with seriousness and with balance in this parliament. What the government is attempting to do—as carefully, as collegially and as consultatively as we can—is to get the balance right.

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

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