Senator JACINTA COLLINS (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) (15:48): I seek leave to make a brief statement. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator JACINTA COLLINS: The government does not believe the Senate should condemn the press, even the Green Left Weekly, for views expressed in its pages. It is self-evident that all senators support forms of democratic expression. The chamber itself is the embodiment of our democracy. The Prime Minister made the government's views about the protest activity clear on the weekend: violent protest is never justified. Further action is in the hands of the New South Wales police and, if warranted, the courts.