Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:47): We are strengthening protections against racism by introducing as a new species of prohibited conduct the concept of racial harassment. As you have heard me say before, Senator Singh: what kind of anti-racial-discrimination statute is there that omits to mention racial harassment as one of the prohibited species of conduct? Senator Wong: What sort of attorney-general defends the rights of the bigots? Senator BRANDIS: Senator Singh, I am trying to address you but I cannot hear myself speak through the yelling of Senator Wong. The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, on a point of order. Senator Wong: I will repeat it so it is on the record: what sort of attorney defends the rights of the bigots? The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order, Senator Wong. That is not a point of order. Senator BRANDIS: Any attorney worthy of the name defends the rights of all Australians under the law. Senator Singh, what sort of anti-racism statute omits reference to racial harassment? And yet the Racial Discrimination Act by section 18C fails to do that. So what we are doing is we are strengthening the Racial Discrimination Act while at the same time removing from it its anti-free-speech provisions.