Senate debates
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
12:24 pm
Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
A person is found guilty or not, then a sentence takes into account such things as these clauses outline, mitigating or aggravating factors that are involved. The problem that I have with this is that the minister is saying that language can be taken into account in the finding of the person’s guilt or otherwise but cannot be taken into account then in the sentence that is applied. I think this is a law that cannot be supported.
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