Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

I have been seeking to make a short statement concerning these events, which are quite extraordinary. I do not think I was speaking for any more than five minutes. By any reasonable definition I would have thought that five minutes would constitute a short statement. I have been interrupted on numerous occasions. There have been numerous points of order. As a consequence there have been considerable amounts of time spent on spurious matters raised by the opposition, who are quite frankly in a situation where they are once again demonstrating—