Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

It's been an interesting week, watching the Liberals and Nationals dealing with the flogging that they got just a few weeks ago, running with the least-popular Prime Minister in Australian history and with the worst government since the government of Billy McMahon. What are they rabbiting on about this week? The ABCC; hyperpoliticising foot-and-mouth disease—not in the national interest; and lord knows what else, taking us backwards on climate and energy. Like Talleyrand said of the Bourbon regime, these guys have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. They have a long, long way to go before they'll ever grace this side of the parliament again, and I look forward to more inane contributions like the one we've just seen. (Time expired)