Senator MASON (Queensland) (15:46): I move: That the Senate— (a) supports the rights of Australians to peacefully protest and condemns violent protests; (b) deplores the violence perpetrated by Islamic extremists during protests on 15 September 2012 in Sydney that led to the injury of police officers; and (c) condemns Green Left Weekly for its publication of articles blaming police for the confrontation that was instigated by violent protestors. I seek leave to make a short statement. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Is leave granted? Senator Jacinta Collins: One minute. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator MASON: Outside this chamber, 95 per cent of Australians would support this motion. Writing of last Saturday's protests, the Green Left Weekly published this: … the police goaded the protesters, in particular the youth, and so the police are responsible for the clashes that took place. That is what the Green Left Weekly said. Is there anything more toxic in the politics of this country than the self-loathing of the Green Left Weekly and the moral vanity of the Australian Left, both beholden as they are, as they always have been, to outmoded notions of political correctness? This motion should pass with the authority of the entire Senate. If it does not, it will be an absolute and utter disgrace.