Senator DI NATALE (Victoria) (12:20): I ask that General Business Notice of Motion No. 459 standing in my name and the name of Senator Faruqi for today, relating to Indian citizenship, be taken as a formal motion. The PRESIDENT: Is there any objection to this motion being taken as formal? A government senator: Yes. The PRESIDENT: There is an objection. Senator DI NATALE: I seek leave to make a one-minute statement in lieu of moving a suspension. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator DI NATALE: Again, it is very disappointing that the government's refused to consider what is an important issue occurring with an important partner of ours. The Greens have been very disturbed by the passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in India in December. For those people who aren't aware, it's a bill that legalised the granting of Indian citizenship based on religion but specifically excluded the Muslim community. This is a hugely concerning development, not only because it's created the legal grounds to strip millions of Muslims of the fundamental right to equal citizenship but because, together with India's National Register of Citizens, it might render many Indian Muslims stateless. Not only that, but the Indian government's also suppressed legitimate protest about these new laws. This is a very concerning development and one that the Australian government should make its voice very clear on. We should speak up so that the world's largest democracy might reverse this discriminatory decision.