Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Will the minister confirm reports that Senator Marshall, as the distinguished chair of caucus, was concerned that the usual caucus processes and procedures were bypassed when the minister put his new media laws before caucus? Isn't it the fact that caucus is now so diminished and its members so punch-drunk and resigned to their fate that they have yet again dared not raise their voices to stand up for themselves or the Australian public interest?