Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw that comment. I will clarify my comments: I'm aiming my comments at transphobes; that's who I'm aiming them at. I'm making the point that trans rights are human rights. Trans men are men, and trans women are women. That is the position of the Australian Greens. We will fight for that position on every front that is opened to us, at every opportunity that is provided to us to do that. We will ensure that we do everything we can to protect trans people from the vicious, disgraceful acts they are subjected to every day, and that includes by doing everything we can to make sure that this bill is not referred to a committee which will provide parliamentary privilege to the very transphobes we are talking about.