Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:05): I would make the point in relation to EDO legal actions that, in fact, despite the fact that you didn't want them funded, they launched countless actions against you. The now Deputy Leader of the Opposition, when minister, was challenged by the EDO in relation to a coalmine in north-west New South Wales, a coal project in the Galilee Basin, the Narrabri gas project, land clearing near the Great Barrier Reef. Senator Birmingham: Why do you need to fund them? Senator WONG: Senator Birmingham, what is the position that we have to make sure that we silence all voices with which we don't agree? That is the position you take. We on this side have a regard for our democracy. Senator Hume: Really? Senator WONG: Yes, we do! We don't feel a need to silence those voices with which we don't agree. I don't agree with some of the actions the EDO has taken; as a cabinet minister and as member of the Labor Party, I don't. (Time expired)