Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

I rise, firstly, to commend Senator Hanson for bringing her MPI to the Senate and, secondly, to condemn the government for usurping, in the most undemocratic fashion, the senator's opportunity to debate her motion on an issue that is close to not only Senator Hanson 's heart but my own heart. The government had every opportunity at any time to deal with this particular issue. But, no, they have hijacked Senator Hanson's motion, a motion that seeks to make it illegal for any person in this country to burn our national flag, and instead provided a bunch of wishy-washy words that talk about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. This motion, this issue that's before us, is about the Australian flag. Again, you vilify a senator in this place. You vilify her. You've made her out to be a racist in this country. You do everything you can to pile on her like a bunch of bullies, and here you are again—