Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been arguing against the bill from the beginning:

This morning I will be tabling a letter from more than 100 concerned groups and organisations –
including the Law Council, Aboriginal legal services, and disability groups – calling on the
Government to remove Schedule 5 from this legislation.
Labor tried to sneak this in at the last minute, bypassing even the House of Representatives. As a
member of the Human Rights Committee, I can tell you it never came before us for scrutiny.
This is a dodgy attempt to demonise the most vulnerable people in this country.
We will pass the bill without Schedule 5. But if the Government continues to bully us into passing it
with Schedule 5, then we will bring the house down – because we have to protect vulnerable people.
What Minister Plibersek said about me supporting rapists and murderers is absolutely outrageous. I
refute it completely. And it is not just me calling this out – there are more than 100 organisations
demanding this schedule be removed.
Labor needs to stop demonising our communities and do the right thin