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

They are a shambles. What you have got is a rabble. I am very disappointed that you have failed in your obligations to even get your senators into the chamber to vote on a raid on the budget of this size. I am very disappointed that the opposition felt that they were not able to muster the numbers that they needed to actually do this and that they sought to bring forward at this hour a proposition which would in fact see many senators being seriously disadvantaged in the reconsideration of a matter of this significance. This is no ordinary matter. It is my contention—