Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I support this motion only reluctantly; I think the politics of the motion are quite crazy. Why the federal parliament would be embarking upon an inquiry that can only achieve allowing Mr Beattie to escape from his own stupidity is beyond me. This whole issue arises from Mr Beattie’s incompetence and also the incompetence of former Labor governments and their senior adviser, Mr Rudd.