QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Ms LEY (Farrer—Leader of the Opposition) (14:05): My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, when a five-year-old child is abused and their attacker is back on the streets before that child has even turned eight, that is not justice; it is a betrayal. In the last year alone, there were an average of 226 cases of child sexual exploitation each and every day.

This morning, Labor voted to delay the coalition's push to crack down on child sex offenders. Why did the Prime Minister instruct his Labor government to vote against the protection of children?