Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Banking and Financial Services) Share this | Hansard source

If I were Mr Costello, I would not be relying on those tricky words of last week that very begrudgingly extracted comment from the Prime Minister that he would be standing down some time well into the next term—more examples of trickiness.

Anyway, if it is envisaged that the second deputy chairperson is to be from a small business background, let us make it a sure bet, Senator Boswell. That is the challenge for the weak and insipid National Party.