Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank you, President, and the Deputy President, for the leadership that you've shown in saying that this chamber will no longer tolerate, and that there is no place for, unparliamentary language or personal reflections and that people must take responsibility. I strongly endorse that approach. We are very pleased that Senator Hanson was forced to withdraw the racist language that she used. That is a strong statement of this chamber that racist language is not acceptable here or anywhere—