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

I think the Australian public will conclude that the opposition have nothing to say about the great public policy debates, have nothing to say about them at all. All they have is shadow spokesmen desperate for a headline coming into the parliament and trying to slur anybody up. The more desperate they get, the wilder the accusation and the higher the target. But they have nothing to say about the MRRT—they are silent. They do not want to talk about sharing in the mining resources boom. They do not want to talk about the issues of importance to Australia.