Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Again, the senator is asking questions about events, allegedly, that took place more than a decade and a half ago. I'm not personally aware of the employment circumstances at the time. What I do know is that Mr Morrison is highly regarded in the tourism sector as a very effective advocate and contributor to the tourism industry, just as he is highly regarded for his very effective contribution to delivering a stronger economy, more jobs and better opportunities for families around Australia to get ahead.

Labor clearly has made a decision to come into this chamber today with the outcomes of the latest dirt unit work in the last sitting fortnight. Labor clearly has run out of ideas. They're running their dirt units through ancient history because they haven't got any policy to talk about and because they're so embarrassed by the negative impact on the economy of their high-taxing, reckless agenda.