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

Senator Singh, while I do agree with Mr Joyce that this is not the issue at the top of mind for people in the supermarkets and the shopping centres and the workplaces in Australia today, that does not mean that it is not an important issue for the parliament to deal with. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights only 23 days ago delivered a report which proposed certain reforms to the Australian Human Rights Commission Act. I have discussed those proposals with Professor Triggs. She largely agrees with them and has been a very constructive contributor to this process. She has also offered some views of her own, which the government has adopted as to other reforms that might usefully be made. This is useful work for the parliament to do. (Time expired)