Report 

1.1  On 1 October  2014 the President of the Senate, Senator the Honourable Stephen Parry, received a submission from Ms Heather Sculthorpe, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc., seeking redress under the resolution of the Senate of 25 February 1988 relating to the protection of persons referred to in the Senate (Privilege Resolution 5).

1.2 The submission referred to a speech made by Senator Lambie in the Senate on 23 September 2014. The President accepted the submission and referred it to the Committee of Privileges.

1.3 The committee met on 2 October 2014 and resolved to recommend that the response be incorporated in Hansard without change. In considering the submission, the committee did not find it necessary to confer with the person making the submission.

1.4 The committee draws attention to paragraph 5(6) of the resolution which requires that, in considering a submission under this resolution and reporting to the Senate, the committee shall not consider or judge the truth of any statements made in the Senate or in the submission.

1.5 The committee recommends:

That a response by Ms Heather Sculthorpe, in the terms specified at Appendix 1, be incorporated in Hansard.

Senator the Honourable Jacinta Collins

Chair

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