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

I know them very well, and I think they are very serious men and women, if I may say so, and many of them are friends of mine, and we welcome their contribution to the debate as well. But, Senator Dastyari, what you are going to have to tell me when you embark on this exercise is: what is the conduct that you say should be outlawed that would not be outlawed by the government's amendments? A protection against intimidation and harassment on racial grounds—what conduct would not be caught by that, that the government ought to regulate?