Carr, Sen Kim

Senator CARR (Victoria—Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) (14:16): The government's position is that we are acting consistently with our human rights obligations. As to whether or not you think the minister that I am here representing is morally compromised, I think that that frankly is something that you ought to have a really good look at yourself, Senator, given your actions as a person who claims to uphold the basic principles of jurisprudence in this country and yet have sought to ring police ministers in complete defiance of the principles of the separation of powers. For you to make an assertion about others in this parliament being morally compromised is, frankly, hypocritical beyond belief.