Robert Simms (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I apologise: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has found himself in a sequel, 'Jurassic World'. If only Chris Pratt were part of it as well—but alas not—and then it might be doing better at box office than the government is currently doing. This sequel seems to be a bit of a flop, because we are seeing the same tired old policies being reignited. And we are seeing that now with his crusade against the Safe Schools Coalition.

We know that the Liberals want to push their particular ideology, their particular world view, within our schools. There are people in the party that hate the idea of talking about diversity and hate the idea of actually recognising the reality of the world in which we live. Well, this is 21st-century Australia, and LGBTI young people and children have a right to feel safe and respected at school. It is appalling to see Prime Minister Turnbull caving in to the kind of bigotry and nonsense that we have seen on the conservative side of politics this week. He needs to show some spine; he needs to show some backbone. The Australian people want better from their Prime Minister.

Question agreed to.