Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is good to see the Labor Party venting their spleen to try and cover up the fact that today they are the doormats of the Liberal Party because they are voting with them. They are doing it to try and curry favour with a certain group of mates through a whole heap of palaver about and ridicule of the National Party, one member of which is actually going to try and protect Australian investors and Australian workers from being broken up by the overinvestment, the overindulgence, of overseas equity funds. They have to rely on us today because they cannot rely on you. All you could deliver was a whole heap of palaver.

Senator Sherry came out with the statement: ‘on balance’. On balance of what, Senator Sherry? Because there are no relevant figures. If you had actually had a look and seen the numbers delivered for the costing of this, you would realise they are a heap of rubbish. But you do not care about that. Let us go through the economics committee report. I was actually in the economics committee this morning, Senator Sherry. I do not remember seeing you there.