Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

When did being absolutely ludicrous become government policy? It is quite surprising. Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Doesn’t the minister’s insistence that something which was an absolutely ludicrous proposition in 2002 should become law in 2006 show that the bill is nothing more than a totally unprincipled attempt to appease Indonesia? Far from bending over backwards for the backbench, isn’t the minister more interested in rolling over for Indonesia?