Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a statement of no more than five minutes relating to the decision of Pauline Hanson's One Nation to deny me formality in relation to introducing a bill.

Leave not granted.

Pursuant to the contingent notice of motion standing in the name of Senator Waters, I move:

That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from making a statement of no more than five minutes in regard to the decision of Pauline Hanson's One Nation senators to deny me leave for formality in relation to introducing a piece of legislation that seeks to provide greater protections for LGBTIQA+ Australians.

Now, let's be very clear about what is happening here, and let's be very clear about why the Senate should support suspending the standing orders. Yesterday, Pauline Hanson's One Nation sought to introduce into this parliament a transphobic, hateful piece of legislation in order to provide a platform with the protections of parliamentary privilege to allow a whole bunch of transphobic, bigoted people in this country to punch down on transgender folks and, in particular, on transgender children. That's what One Nation tried to do yesterday.

Then, when they lost that vote yesterday and were prevented from being able to provide a platform for hateful bigotry that would be harmful for transgender people right across this country, they had a giant sook about it. One of the ways that that sook manifested itself was their denying me and the Australian Greens leave and formality today for a bill that we want to introduce to provide greater protections not just for transgender folks but for people right across the queer community in this country.

I've got two questions for One Nation senators. The first is: Why are you so obsessed with other people's genitals and reproductive organs? What is wrong with you that you are so obsessed with other people's genitals and reproductive organs? Do you know what? We've got a name for that in this country: perversion. You are perverts. Get out of the gutter. Get out of people's underpants. Get out—