Senate debates

Friday, 12 June 2020

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Discovery of Formal Business

11:49 am

Photo of Pauline HansonPauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

In reference to general business notice of motion No. 646 and how you don't want to formalise Senator Robert's motion for the reason that it should be debated: these are basically factual figures that are put forward before the parliament with reference to Aboriginal criminality. They're figures of percentages of Indigenous persons and non-Indigenous persons. It's basically informing the public and the people of Australia with facts that have been misused.

An honourable senator interjecting—

This is not what the public are hearing, and you are shutting this down today because you don't want the truth—you don't want the people to know exactly what is happening.

If we look at other motions, every other motion puts down facts and figures. We are dealing with other countries around the world, which have nothing to do with us. What you are doing is pursuing this line that you have, that you don't want people to know the truth of what is happening, or to debate—it's not about debate, it's about acknowledging the truth and the facts. You are not allowing this to happen!

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