Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Do you want me to answer your question, Senator Patrick? I'd be delighted to, if you'd like to hear the answer. I agree with you wholeheartedly, and I think the government agrees with you wholeheartedly, that for civil protests or civil disobedience that are peaceful and that are within the remit and capabilities of state and territory police to deal with, well, of course they wouldn't even seek the ADF assistance for that. But, again, as I've reinforced several times here this morning, we are talking about domestic violence as it is mentioned in section 119 of the Constitution, and that, as I've reiterated several times here already, is for extreme violence which goes beyond, or is likely to go beyond, the remit of state and territory police to deal with—in particular, in relation to terrorist acts.