Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy President. As I was saying about the Wheat Board scandal—where $220 million in bribes was paid—when the royal commission was set up Minister Ruddock made the terms of reference so narrow that ministers could not be called before the Cole royal commission. So, if we want to get to talking about what actually happens when there is no accountability, when you have one party controlling both houses of parliament: you get anti-democratic outcomes. I was here this week—