Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

on indulgenceI also acknowledge that it's a very good idea that we do have a conversation about this because it's a critical thing. We here on the crossbench are representing our constituents, and we are giving them a voice here in this parliament. Any potential suppression of that is a suppression of the voices of our constituents. I'm very concerned that other constituents across Australia, with this kind of motion and this move, would not understand how their own representatives had voted. I think it's really critical, particularly on very, very important and life-changing bills, like we saw yesterday with the NDIS, that individual constituents in those electorates actually understand what their MPs have voted for or voted against. So I think it's really critical for the retention of democracy and the voices of the millions of people that we represent to make sure that our voices are still heard in this democracy.

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