Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Isn’t it extraordinary that Senator Conroy does not have the guts to ask either of those questions and gets poor old Senator Crossin to try to be uncivil in asking a question in question time. This just shows the pathetic approach of Senator Conroy and the Labor Party to telecommunications. They cannot win a policy debate, and all they can do is try to get into bed with Telstra and try to win an election by those means.