Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) Mr George Christensen MP, on 24 September 2014, publicly referred to people who care about the Great Barrier Reef as 'gutless green germs for the terrorists they are',

(ii) labelling people who care about the reef as terrorists is reprehensible, insensitive and utterly unacceptable, particularly at this stage of global events, and

(iii) to speak of ordinary Australians who care about the reef using terms like 'terrorists' 'butchered', 'kill off' and 'extremist', risks elevating community disagreement to dangerous levels; and

(b) condemns Mr Christensen's comments and calls on him to withdraw them.