Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer the minister to an article by Simon Benson in TheDaily Telegraph last Friday that quotes a coalition minister, describing one of the Senate's newest members as 'completely stark raving mad'. Did the minister or any of the government's Senate leadership team describe one of their fellow Senators in this way and provide this quote to the journalist?