Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 400 standing in my name for today by omitting paragraph (c) and substituting the following revised paragraph:

(c) agrees with the New South Wales Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham's assertion 'that the tone and the public perception of the Max Brenner protests may be counter-productive to the cause of peace and human rights in the Middle East'.

Leave granted.

Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend the motion by replacing the words after 'condemns' with:

(i) Senator Boswell's unwarranted and cowardly comparison of the trade practices commissioner, Mr Rod Sims, with Pontius Pilate,

(ii) Senator Boswell's rejection of the Victoria Police as doing their job,

(iii) Senator Boswell's repugnant association of the Greens with events in Germany in 1939.

Leave not granted.

Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

  (a)   condemns the intensification of the Global Boycott Divestments and Sanctions campaign being conducted against Max Brenner chocolate cafes;

  (b)    rejects this tactic as a way of promoting Palestinian rights; and

  (c)     agrees with the New South Wales Greens MP Mr Jeremy Buckingham 's asserti on ' that the tone and the public perception of the Max Brenner protests may be counter - productive to the cause of peace and human rights in the Middle East ' .

Mr Deputy President, I seek leave to make a one-minute statement.

Leave not granted.

Question put.

The Senate divided. [15:56]

(The Deputy President—Senator Parry)

Question agreed to.

Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move a motion condemning the Australian Greens and their leader for failing to condemn the vile boycott, divestment and sanctions, or BDS, campaign against Israel.

Leave not granted.