Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) commends our current and former armed servicemen and servicewomen for their service to our country;

(b) condemns cowardly senators who use parliamentary privilege to make allegations of criminality or racism against those personnel, and thereby bringing our armed forces and personnel into disrepute, without presenting immediate proof of their claims; and

(c) urges honourable senators to use parliamentary privilege with responsibility and respect.

At the request of the Labor Party, I seek leave to have items (a) and (c) put separately to item (b) in respect of this motion.

Leave granted.