Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I begin this debate by thanking the cosponsors of the legislation before us, the Pregnancy Counselling (Truth in Advertising) Bill 2006, Senator Carol Brown, Senator Nettle and Senator Troeth. I also thank a number of other women in this place who have been directly involved in getting the legislation to where it is today: Senators Webber and Moore, Senator Adams and, of course, the late Senator Jeannie Ferris, without whom we would not have got to this stage. There are many other colleagues, men and women, in both chambers of this parliament who have helped us in this debate and with the construction of this legislation, and I thank them too. I believe there is broad-ranging support for legislation of this type and I am glad to have this debate before us.