Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:24): No, I do not, Senator, and I welcome that contribution to the debate, but I think you are being hysterical, Senator Dastyari. I think you are being hysterical—charmingly hysterical, but hysterical nevertheless. The fact is that I doubt very much if any of the 358 members of the Ethnic Communities' Council would be of the view that there should not be a prohibition against racial harassment in the Racial Discrimination Act. I doubt very much if any of them would oppose the government's intention to introduce for the first time into the Racial Discrimination Act a prohibition against racial harassment. Nor do I believe any of them would oppose the government's commitment to freedom of speech. These are not inconsistent values, Senator Dastyari. We can have a good, strong and effective anti-racial-vilification law— Senator Dastyari interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Dastyari, you have asked your question. Senator BRANDIS: and protect one of the fundamental Australian values, the value of freedom of speech, at the same time, if we get the law right, which is what this government will do, guided by the advice of the Australian Law Reform Commission; informed by the views of the Australian Human Rights Commission itself; informed by the views of so many other leading Australians, like Jim Spigelman, like Warren Mundine, like George Williams, like Gary Johns, like David Marr; and like so many other opinion leaders in this country, right across the political spectrum from the left to the right, have said we ought to do. We know you are trying to play the electoral politics of this, Senator Dastyari—that is transparent for all to see. But what we are trying to do is to ensure that we have the best and strongest anti-racial-vilification laws in this country, including protection against racial harassment, while, at the same time, defending the Australian value of freedom of speech. The PRESIDENT: Senator Dastyari, a supplementary question.