Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I suspect that the workings of cabinet will be something that Senator Sterle will never experience, either shadow or government. I indicate to the honourable senator that, of course, we will not be commenting on matters that may or may not occur in cabinet. I do note that, when Senator Sterle sat on this side of the chamber, the cabinet basically could have been put into a little motor vehicle with two in the front and two in the back. It was a cabinet of four, and all the other cabinet ministers used to comment and leak about that fact, saying that they had been cut out of the equation and were not part of the decision making.