Nita Green (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Tourism) | Hansard source

Well, you might not think that that's important, but I can tell you that it's incredibly important, particularly to Australian women. You might not think that the reforms that this government made on improving the family law system are consequential in any way or some of the work that we've done around improving our national security, banning state sponsored terrorists. This is complex legal work. I just think your constant diminishing of public servants who serve our country and do really difficult work in an increasingly complex environment, particularly around national security, demeans you and not them.

We understand your sense of urgency to progress these reforms. We have undertaken extensive work already and we will continue to do that, but to dismiss this as a simple 'switcheroo' of provisions is nonsense. Quite frankly, the government and, I would suggest, the opposition are not going to take any type of national security advice from the Greens.