George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, the day before yesterday, the Deputy President required me to withdraw a remark that Mr Wayne Swan was a dope, and I did. For the sake of consistency, Mr President, if I cannot call Mr Wayne Swan a dope—a self-evident proposition, Mr President—then I do not see how Senator Ian Macdonald can be allowed without objection to be called dumb.