Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Here we are, the day before the federal budget, and where do the Labor Party get their questions from? The gossip columns in the newspapers. The gossip columns in the newspapers are the feedstock for the Labor Party's question time in this place. When we were promised by the Leader of the Opposition that 2015 would be the year of ideas, what are their ideas? To trawl through the gossip columns of the newspapers and ask questions and say, 'Is this bit of tittle-tattle true?' rather than asking, 'How can we help the government restore the economy?'