Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

On that same topic, the ministerial statement this week—the truthful statement—that 22 of 33, or two-thirds of all terror-related offences, are directly related to one ethno-religious group is just that—truth. We are in a nation that, no matter uncomfortable, has to be able to express the truth. It is prima facie correct, and we, as a nation, need the public interest to decide how important that information is. The minister does not deserve to be criticised by those who do not agree with him.

Ms Ryan interjecting—

I listened politely to you and I ask Labor to listen politely to me, instead of shutting me down with a gobful.

In this dialectic, our failure to engage this reality makes our nation weaker—

Ms Ryan interjecting—

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