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Monday, 4 September 2000
Page: 17250


Senator FAULKNER (Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (6:11 PM) —I await Senator Brown's definition of when a peaceful protest becomes `non-peaceful'. That is the problem, Senator Brown. I think you are being churlish not to accept that what the Labor Party is putting forward here is a significant—


Senator Brown —You are ducking the question.


Senator FAULKNER —I am not ducking it. This is a significant improvement to the bill. I think you ought to examine this from the perspective that I have tried, as clearly as I can and as succinctly as I can, to put before the committee. You have to look at this in the context of when a peaceful protest becomes non-peaceful and what that means for a call-out. You are lowering the benchmark and, as far as the Labor Party are concerned, we are trying to ratchet it up and ratchet it up considerably. That is our intention, and I believe we have been effective and have fulfilled that intention in the amendments we have moved.