Alex White (Labour)

I found myself unusually but happily in complete agreement with what Senator O'Malley had to say. I do not understand the rush to attack the UNFPA to which Senator Mullen seems to have succumbed. I understand and respect the views he holds, and he has articulated them very well in this House, but the notion that the UNFPA or other UN organisations cannot be trusted because they engage in vital work in this sector seems odd. I question whether Senator Mullen's criticism of or attack on the UNFPA is in a sense a cloak for some other points he wants to make in this respect.