Brandis, Sen George

Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:57): Talk about being flogged with a damp lettuce leaf! Senator O'Neill, the decision in relation to section 18C to take the reform of section 18C off the table was a decision of the cabinet. It was a decision of the cabinet, and in this government—which, unlike the government that preceded it, operates a proper cabinet process—all ministers of the government support all decisions of the cabinet.