Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I know Senator O’Brien makes a point every time of getting up to defend the government being negative with a motion like this one from Senator Xenophon, or when it comes from the opposition or when it comes from the Greens, but I want to point out that it is the job of the crossbench and the opposition to be not just seeking information from a government that wants to cover its tracks but also to protect whistleblowers and other people who act in the public interest. I do not know what the game-play is from Senator O’Brien, although I can guess it, but it is the quality of the move and the government should be supporting—