Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (20:50): (2249) My adjournment this evening is for the Premier, and the action I seek is for the Premier to apologise for calling One Nation Victoria homophobic. Over the weekend, while I was out, boots on the ground, joining other volunteers delivering hay and other vital supplies to those affected by bushfires, the Premier spent her day marching in the Midsumma parade and attending press conferences. During a press conference on Sunday the Premier used the words ‘homophobic’, ‘transphobic’ and ‘ultra right’ when describing both myself and my colleagues in the coalition. I find this incredibly offensive. I have absolutely no problem with how people want to live their lives. In fact some of my closest friends are gay. I believe everyone should have the right to be themselves, to express themselves and be able to live their lives free of persecution. But here we are, with the Premier running her mouth, defaming those of us with differing priorities in our workload. As someone in a position of power and public prominence, I thought the Premier would be above name-calling and pettiness, but here we are. For those who would throw my voting against the anti-vilification bill at me, hear this: I voted against that bill because it was contradictory, because it was restrictive to the freedom of speech we have enjoyed in this state since its establishment and because I, unlike the Premier, listened to the will of my constituents, who overwhelmingly asked for that bill to be defeated in its form at that time. No-one should be subjected to hate speech, no matter if you are gay, straight, trans, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, left leaning or right leaning and so on. One Nation Victoria is made up of a wide and varied demographic. We have people from all walks of life: young, older, LGB, straight and migrants, whether they have been here for five months or even 50 years. For the Premier to label all of these people as homophobic, transphobic and ultra right wing just shows her naivety.