Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It has been rather interesting that we have had this very quiet question time when Senator Joyce does not say boo to a goose and then all of a sudden, when it comes to taking note of answers, we get this feigned outrage. All of a sudden he is very troubled and worried and has a commentary to give. I do not know what year you went to NIDA, Senator Joyce, and I do not know whether you passed but there you were feigning outrage after a whole hour of silence at question time.

Over the last months and months we have been criticised by those opposite for attempting to do the right thing by Australian workers. The insulation program, as we all know, was a part of a complete set of measures that responded to the global financial crisis. It has been disappointing that in some places the insulation program has not met the benchmark that we expected. It has been disappointing that there have been operators who have been prepared to break the rules.