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SenateTuesday 20 January 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:58): My recollection is that those provisions were in part as a result of the advice from national security agencies, but I am sure that will be— Senator McKenzie interjecting— Senator WONG: You know, laughing at that, Senator, I find remarkable. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Once again, order across the chamber.

Minister Wong, please continue. Senator WONG: David Meagher, the brother of former police officer Peter Meagher, who was killed at Bondi, has said, 'An antisemite without a gun is a hate-filled person; an antisemite with a gun is a killer.' So, Senator— Senator McDonald: What about a car? What about knives?

What about a bomb? Senator WONG: I will take that interjection. What about a car?

They are not the same thing.

SourceSenate, Tuesday 20 January 2026 — official recordTA-260120-senate-5484d9ad951a:s130