Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Anything that associates members of parliament with in some way approving of paedophiles in terms of directly saying they don't want them to be locked up is an extraordinary claim. I would draw members' attention to quotes from Senate estimates today that were not used by the opposition. This sort of language is going to have an impact on the chamber, and both sides of politics should be above it.

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