Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] Rachel, I'll be very short. I actually don't have a personal relationship with you. I spent lots of the time talking to you, and the reason I don't have a personal relationship is that you're always working. You are a machine! I say that with an engineering background—it's a compliment. You're a machine that is running on renewable energy! The Senate will be a worse place without you.

One last thing: back in the day you were in a committee room asking for a document that Services Australia claimed was cabinet-in-confidence. The matter made it to the AAT, and the moment I get that document I'm going to be giving you a phone call.