Michael Johnson (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Clearly, I think I have the goodwill and the support of the members of the Australian public who are sitting in the gallery. Wherever they come from around our great country, I welcome them to the national parliament. They are seeing robust debate in action here, and to those of them who might be from Queensland I give a particularly warm welcome. I represent the federal seat of Ryan, and my comments in fact go to the heart of my motion, because we are talking about democracy. My motion is about democracy; it is about accountability. It is about the executive being accountable to the parliament—and the executive is not here to be questioned. I cannot get up here now and ask a question to the Prime Minister of the country. How absolutely absurd. Talk about the Sun Kings of the Sunshine State!

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