Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

That nearly sounds like a question about border protection for Turkey, but we will not get into border protection with this one. Can I simply indicate to the Australian Greens that, when we are dealing with sensitive issues such as this, it behoves all of us to put the national and, indeed, the international interests of people first. When you have got the Australian Labor Party taking a bipartisan approach, and the United Nations, the European Union and a smattering of democratic, peace-loving countries all on board, one wonders in what parallel universe the Australian Greens are actually residing. It really is very disappointing that we have got a cohort of senators in this place that cannot for once put politics aside on such a very important issue, when all the other senators and parties in this place can. (Time expired)