George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Can I just say that of course the opposition do not for a moment suggest that Senator Ludlam or the Greens are motivated by any desire to weaken child protection, but we are concerned that the effect of their amendments on this legislation might conceivably be that. For that reason neither we nor, as we understand it, the government are persuaded to Senator Ludlam’s view, but the Greens’ good faith on this issue is not in dispute.