Yep, Derryn Hinch Named Pedophiles In The Senate Like He Said He Would

After prefacing his list with the qualifier he’s “not a cowboy” who would only spill the names as a “last resort”, Hinch spoke the names of several convicted sex offenders in a manner that’d probably get him arrested anywhere outside of Parliament House.

Derryn Hinch has used his first Senate speech to name convicted pedophiles under parliamentary privilege #TheDrum pic.twitter.com/RrT7vHWrvL

— ABC The Drum (@ABCthedrum) September 12, 2016

In one of the more stunning (mis)uses of parliamentary privilege this side of… well, ever, the Justice Party senator finally achieved his goal of dodging the kind of suppression orders that landed him in home detention in 2011.

Of course, it’s all a part of his platform to institute a US-style sexual offender register in Australia. “The public has a right to know, parents, trying to protect their vulnerable kids, have a right to know,” Hinch said.

Deviations into the ban of live exports, the expansion of organ donation programs, and his campaign against compulsory voting took a back seat to that stunning onslaught. 

Look out for those names in Hansard. We live in interesting times, folks.