Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

We got told during this debate that organisations that are critical of schedule 5 were told it was happening, and now that it is happening—and it will happen, because Labor, who loves to carry on when the Greens vote with the coalition, is about to vote with the coalition on a bill that contains provisions that offend the rule of law and trample on people's human rights, without having any inquiry or scrutiny. That is a fact. You should be ashamed of yourselves. What is the point of Labor? What are you for? You are definitely not who you used to be, and that is on full display in this bill. It is a typical example of slotting in something that is semi-good along with something that is really egregiously appalling and hoping that it'll get through.

Make no mistake: the Greens will be voting against this bill. We will stand against trampling on people's human rights and we will stand against passing laws that infringe the rule of law. I would implore the coalition to think very seriously about whether they want to support a bill that does those things and was not subject to sufficient scrutiny. I'll leave it there.