06:54

For the Greens motion to be successful they would need both Centre Alliance and Jacqui Lambie to vote to shut the family law inquiry down.

At this stage Centre Alliance’s Rex Patrick is holding the line that Pauline Hanson’s public comments about domestic violence don’t invalidate the whole process.



He told Guardian Australia:

“I often strongly disagree* with remarks Pauline Hanson makes, but I respect that she is a member of the Senate and was voted for by a number of people. Her remarks taint her own reputation, they will have no effect on the committee itself, which is made up of 10 parliamentarians.”



*An earlier version of this post had an unfortunate typo. Rex Patrick often strongly disagrees with Pauline Hanson, not agrees, as I first had. Sorry.