Senate debates Questions without Notice

Australian Broadcasting Corporation


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs

2:55 pm

I share Senator Henderson's concerns about the way in which the media were alerted of this. People have a right to their privacy. People's families have a right to feel safe. I think all of us would say that we have legitimate political protests in our nation and people have a lot of different views, but that right to protest and that freedom of expression that is part of that, the democratic rights that expresses, have to be utilised responsibly. I personally don't believe, and I think most of us would share this belief, that it's responsible for such protests to be taken to someone's home where their family is.

I don't have any information in relation to how or what happened in relation to the ABC. I will certainly see if there's anything I can do to provide further information about that matter.

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