Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Mr President, I fundamentally reject the premise of his question. But let me give you a very simple statistic. It took two full days just to process and go through the amendments to the EPBC—two full days. Those opposite engage in a filibuster on every bill, every piece of legislation, that they can, just so they can come in and complain that we have to pass a time management motion—just because you forgot to pass one—to absolutely make sure that Australian children get the best possible education. That is because those opposite have got nothing positive to contribute—nothing positive about reforming the economy, nothing positive about reform in education. (Time expired)