A Queensland senator wants women given the right to arm themselves with tasers and pepper spray to protect themselves against rapists and murders.

Katter Australia Party's Fraser Anning moved a motion in the upper house calling on the Federal Government to allow the importation of spray, mace, and tasers for individual self-defence and for state governments to legalise and "actively promote" the carrying of them.

The motion noted the recent spate of "horrific violent crimes against women" and that the first duty of government is to ensure "innocent victims are protected from harm".

Fraser Anning wants women to be able to arm themselves for their own safety. Picture: AAP (AAP)

The murder of Eurydice Dixon has triggered a public debate on how to ensure public safety. Picture: AAP (Supplied.)

Vulnerable people, the motion stated, need some form of defence "against violent individuals of superior strength".

Greens Senator Janet Rice dismissed the motion as "blundering and ill-conceived".

"The last thing that women in Australia need now is another man in power telling us that we are responsible for violence against us," Senator Rice said.

Senator Anning believes arming women would give them security and confidence so they won't become another violent crime statistic.

Government frontbencher James McGrath told the senate there was no plan to relax weapons importation laws, and the opposition opposed the idea.