Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

And the federal Treasurer of this country. He cannot run border protection. He cannot run detention centres. He cannot sign letters. He cannot answer questions. And here we have Mr Bowen potentially becoming the Deputy Prime Minister, albeit he will be hip-and-shouldered out of that by Senator Bob Brown, because we know Senator Bob Brown is well ensconced in that role. Really Mr Bowen's failure in policy and administra­tion is unacceptable. I indicate to the government I will be pursuing this, not every two months but now on a weekly basis.