Labor used its numbers to block the move but in doing so, raised the prospect of introducing a similar bill of its own. Government House leader Tony Burke applauded the sentiment of the Opposition’s private members bill but said the government needed to follow process which included drafting legislation of its own and putting it through cabinet and other party processes. “Of all the symbols of bigotry, this one we have a particular need to unanimously oppose,” Mr Burke said. “Nobody should think that because we divide on the procedure, that somehow that creates a divide on the repugnancy of...