Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:05): I accept that this is a difficult issue; I accept that it is an issue that arouses strong passions in our community, on both sides. And I think it should be treated with seriousness and with balance in this parliament. What the government is attempting to do—as carefully, as collegially and as consultatively as we can—is to get the balance right. Mr Dreyfus interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs will desist. Mr ABBOTT: What we want to do is to maintain the red light for bigotry—to use the metaphor of the member who asked the question—but we want to remove the amber light for free speech. Mr Dreyfus interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs will desist, or leave—one or the other. Mr ABBOTT: We want to remove the amber light for free speech. That is what we are attempting to do. All of us deplore racism, we abhor bigotry. All of us in this country want to be our best selves. Australians at their best are a decent and welcoming people who are also a people who can engage in very robust free speech without fear of prosecution.