Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I was asked: when will we take action? Today. This morning, we did. What's it got to do with trucking? Well, that's what the legislation was about. You asked that it be brought forward. You then voted against your own suspension of standing orders and then, when the legislation was put before the parliament, you scurried out. You weren't even here to vote to defend the exact circumstances raised by the member for McPherson. Then they have the hide to have the same person who moved the suspension of standing orders write the question and give it to the member for McPherson and say: 'Here, ask this.' Well, I say to the member for McPherson, who's new, that you don't have to read out every question you're given. I say to the member for McPherson: be very wary of what this guy gives you. We had direct legislation to make a difference before the parliament today, and they voted against it.

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