Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The nonvictim, I should say. So you would still have it for those using your term—I am not sure I like the term—who cause person A and person B to marry. There are still provisions here, quite strong, to allow the prosecutions to occur. I am sure you are not advocating for a strict liability in those circumstances. I am not being facetious—

Senator Brandis interjecting—

No, that is why I am pointing that out. Thank you, Senator Brandis. So on that basis the legislation is quite clear about where the strict liability applies and in only those circumstances and in only that very narrow one element of circumstance, not more broadly, and the legislation does encapsulate the broader issue around those people who may cause another person to enter into a forced marriage.