John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

I take Senator's Quinn's point that we have debated Iraq. Many Members contributed to the debate and the views of the House were clear on it, but it would be wrong to let the statement pass which suggested that anybody in this country, whether in the Government or otherwise, would condone the killing of 12 million children, which is the way it was represented. As far as I am aware the Government's position is clear on the matter. We are hopeful that a peaceful settlement can be reached in this dispute. In the event of military action we would want it to have the authority of the United Nations by way of another resolution and it would be wrong of us to anticipate the outcome of those events.