Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

It is a question of whether you are interested in petty point-scoring, which may well go down well in Liberal Party council meetings. It is a reflection again that you fail to seriously engage with the big public policy question facing us. These are serious issues. They are difficult issues. They are issues the Liberal Party chose to engage with in the last parliament, before the reactionary forces got the numbers and forced Malcolm Turnbull out—and, as a result, you walked away. But now you have walked away completely from being serious players in the major challenges confronting this economy and our climate—and, quite frankly, it does you no credit. We have serious issues that need to be addressed, and I urge members of parliament to treat them seriously. (Time expired)

Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.