Senator Whish-Wilson calls on Bob Katter to expel Anning from his party

Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, made the following statement in the Senate this morning:

Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (10:24): I will be quick. While this chamber and people in this parliament are calling out the speech by Senator Anning yesterday, I want to make the point that there’s one person especially in this parliament who needs to call this out, and that is Bob Katter. Bob, expel Senator Anning from your party. That would be a message that all Australia wants to see.

The PRESIDENT: Please address a member of the chamber appropriately.

Senator WHISH-WILSON: Mr Katter, expel Senator Anning from your party. If you want to send the strongest possible message that racism and divisiveness won’t be tolerated in this national parliament and you don’t support his sentiments, you need to do that now. You need to do that today. It might surprise some people that I have actually worked very closely with Bob Katter in recent years around trying to get a banks’ royal commission, on marine plastics and on issues that I care about—and we violently disagree on many other things. I was quite shocked yesterday that someone like Mr Katter would associate himself and his party and his family’s reputation—whatever it may be—with the likes of Senator Anning. That’s all I have to say.
Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson