Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

Governments are not formed in the Senate. We gave a specific election promise. We have not done this after the election; we put it up there in lights. I remember the announcements made. I remember the discussion, as a member of the shadow ministry in opposition, about this and I remember the announcements about this. It was put up in lights well before the election. It is a fact of life that you lost the election. Learn to live with it. This is an election promise—an election commitment. I want to borrow a phrase from Senator Conroy yesterday—