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| Derryn Hinch has used parliamentary privilege during his maiden Senate speech to name convicted sex offenders. | Derryn Hinch has used parliamentary privilege during his maiden Senate speech to name convicted sex offenders. |
| In a 45-minute oration on Monday, the former journalist named four men he said were convicted paedophiles whose names had been suppressed by the courts. | In a 45-minute oration on Monday, the former journalist named four men he said were convicted paedophiles whose names had been suppressed by the courts. |
| He called them human vermin, scumbags, and degenerates, and promised to continue using Senate privilege over the next three years to name more paedophiles if he thought it would protect children. | He called them human vermin, scumbags, and degenerates, and promised to continue using Senate privilege over the next three years to name more paedophiles if he thought it would protect children. |
| “It has been speculated that I will use parliamentary privilege to name names under protection of what is derided as ‘coward’s castle’ and I will,” Hinch said. | “It has been speculated that I will use parliamentary privilege to name names under protection of what is derided as ‘coward’s castle’ and I will,” Hinch said. |
| “But it will be a court of last resort. I will not be a cowboy. But if it is necessary to protect a child’s wellbeing then damn right, I’ll name the human vermin and I will tonight.” | “But it will be a court of last resort. I will not be a cowboy. But if it is necessary to protect a child’s wellbeing then damn right, I’ll name the human vermin and I will tonight.” |
| In a rambling speech that broke the 20-minute time limit for maiden speeches, Hinch took aim at the judicial system, blasted the Coalition and Labor for cynical politics, and warned sharia law must never come to Australia. | In a rambling speech that broke the 20-minute time limit for maiden speeches, Hinch took aim at the judicial system, blasted the Coalition and Labor for cynical politics, and warned sharia law must never come to Australia. |
| Hinch promised he would not be politically correct as a senator, saying freedom of speech must be preciously guarded. | Hinch promised he would not be politically correct as a senator, saying freedom of speech must be preciously guarded. |
| “This is why I am campaigning to repeal or, for starters, amend, 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act.” | “This is why I am campaigning to repeal or, for starters, amend, 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act.” |
| He said Australia must be multicultural, with respect for new cultures as well as old. | He said Australia must be multicultural, with respect for new cultures as well as old. |
| But he said that did not mean it should embrace or make legal “brutal or demeaning or discriminating customs brought from abroad.” | But he said that did not mean it should embrace or make legal “brutal or demeaning or discriminating customs brought from abroad.” |
| He lambasted the practice of female genital mutilation in Australia, saying “the wielders of the knife should be jailed. The innocent girls’ parents should be prosecuted.” | He lambasted the practice of female genital mutilation in Australia, saying “the wielders of the knife should be jailed. The innocent girls’ parents should be prosecuted.” |
| “Likewise, those who surrender their daughters as child brides should be prosecuted, as should those who conduct those illegal ceremonies … and the so-called husbands of these ‘child brides’ should be charged with child rape,” he said. | “Likewise, those who surrender their daughters as child brides should be prosecuted, as should those who conduct those illegal ceremonies … and the so-called husbands of these ‘child brides’ should be charged with child rape,” he said. |
| But he said he would not support “shrill scaremongers” who want to ban all Muslim migrants and put CCTV cameras in mosques and ban all mosques. | But he said he would not support “shrill scaremongers” who want to ban all Muslim migrants and put CCTV cameras in mosques and ban all mosques. |
| Hinch then took aim at the judicial system and family courts, saying judges and magistrates “inhabit an ivory tower world” cushioned from what the community expected. | Hinch then took aim at the judicial system and family courts, saying judges and magistrates “inhabit an ivory tower world” cushioned from what the community expected. |
| He explained why he had named a judge who ruled on a domestic violence case years ago, saying the judge had ruled too leniently and “I thought his own wife should know what a Neanderthal she was married to.” | He explained why he had named a judge who ruled on a domestic violence case years ago, saying the judge had ruled too leniently and “I thought his own wife should know what a Neanderthal she was married to.” |
| The 72-year old also named a paedophile priest, now dead, whom he had named years ago in an act that saw Hinch sent to prison. | The 72-year old also named a paedophile priest, now dead, whom he had named years ago in an act that saw Hinch sent to prison. |
| “I was called a ‘cowboy’ – there’s that word again – even though I had been to the premier, the attorney general, the police minister and the hierarchy at the Catholic church, and they all told me to leave it to the courts,” he said. | “I was called a ‘cowboy’ – there’s that word again – even though I had been to the premier, the attorney general, the police minister and the hierarchy at the Catholic church, and they all told me to leave it to the courts,” he said. |
| “As it turned out [the priest] was still sexually assaulting children at that camp at that time and later was convicted and jailed for those new crimes. Scant consolation for his victims. | “As it turned out [the priest] was still sexually assaulting children at that camp at that time and later was convicted and jailed for those new crimes. Scant consolation for his victims. |
| “Maybe if we had had the public register of convicted sex offenders back then, and [he] was on it for the rape of that little girl, maybe a parent would not have sent his or her child to that camp or to [his] popular martial arts school for kids in Melbourne.” | “Maybe if we had had the public register of convicted sex offenders back then, and [he] was on it for the rape of that little girl, maybe a parent would not have sent his or her child to that camp or to [his] popular martial arts school for kids in Melbourne.” |
| Hinch promised voters he would not give up until Australia had a workable register of convicted sex offenders so parents knew who was living in their neighbourhood. | Hinch promised voters he would not give up until Australia had a workable register of convicted sex offenders so parents knew who was living in their neighbourhood. |
| He said he wanted to ban animal live exports, and he wanted to see 1 million more people register as organ donors to help other Australians. | He said he wanted to ban animal live exports, and he wanted to see 1 million more people register as organ donors to help other Australians. |
| “I may be the oldest person ever elected to the Senate, but I still have fire in my belly, still have the passion and now maybe the power to do something about it and will, I promise, give it my all,” he said. | “I may be the oldest person ever elected to the Senate, but I still have fire in my belly, still have the passion and now maybe the power to do something about it and will, I promise, give it my all,” he said. |
| Anne Aly, the first Muslim woman elected in the parliament, delivered her first speech in the House of Representatives the same day. | Anne Aly, the first Muslim woman elected in the parliament, delivered her first speech in the House of Representatives the same day. |
| The deradicalisation expert talked about attending Catholic, protestant and state schools, and about her life as a single mother and her electorate of Cowan where she came under attack from the justice minister, Michael Keenan, and the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, during the election campaign. | The deradicalisation expert talked about attending Catholic, protestant and state schools, and about her life as a single mother and her electorate of Cowan where she came under attack from the justice minister, Michael Keenan, and the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, during the election campaign. |
| “Those smears never had a chance, because they could only have been made by people who fundamentally do not understand the essential decency of those who live in outer suburban electorates like Cowan,” she said. | “Those smears never had a chance, because they could only have been made by people who fundamentally do not understand the essential decency of those who live in outer suburban electorates like Cowan,” she said. |
| She said her experience growing up in Sydney’s Lakemba made her want to stand up for those in the outer suburbs, because statistics show they are starting life on an “uneven playing field”. | She said her experience growing up in Sydney’s Lakemba made her want to stand up for those in the outer suburbs, because statistics show they are starting life on an “uneven playing field”. |
| “That’s why I’m calling for – and dedicating my parliamentary career to – the creation of a national strategy to deliver the benefits of growth to the outer suburbs of every city in Australia: Lakemba where I grew up, to Cowan which I represent, and to every outer suburb in between,” she said. | “That’s why I’m calling for – and dedicating my parliamentary career to – the creation of a national strategy to deliver the benefits of growth to the outer suburbs of every city in Australia: Lakemba where I grew up, to Cowan which I represent, and to every outer suburb in between,” she said. |