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

Mr President, Senator Abetz is just full of rhetoric. There is no substance to his question. There is no interest in the big policy questions of the day. This is an opposition who have no relevance to anyone. They have nothing to say about the big policy questions facing Australia and here they are asking a question about the second anniversary. I thought they asserted that yesterday.

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They cannot even get the date right, apparently. Not only can't the tactics committee come up with a sensible question but the best they can do is convince themselves: as they all sat around they said, 'This is brilliant question. This is a real killer. Everyone's going to love all that political rhetoric.' Well, I don't know; I haven't met anyone on the street or at the footy or at my kids' sport who is interested in that nonsense. They are not interested in that.

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