Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Today, we have had some really beautiful speeches, from Warren Truss and from Andrew Robb, and we have had a lot of very warm words said about the National Party. The member for Hunter was just talking about 'Black Jack' McEwen, and it reminded me of something that John McEwen said to my father-in-law, the Hon. Tom Hughes, when he came into this parliament in the early sixties. He said, 'You should treat every question, no matter how offensive, as a polite request for information.' And so I will treat the honourable member's question in precisely those terms. I can say to the honourable member—

Mr Husic interjecting—

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