Human Rights Charter

The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (15:53): Supplementary: does the Attorney-General not want to use this opportunity to disavow the comments of the Leader of the Opposition?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:53): I think the Leader of the Opposition is big enough to defend any comments he makes himself. I might say that it is not language I would choose to use.