Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Let us be very clear, this suspension is not about national interest; it's about political interest. You know how you most know that? Because we have this unholy alliance between Senator Michaelia Cash and Senator David Shoebridge—what an unusual combination!—combining to agree to deliver the numbers to suspend the Senate. Senator Cash and Senator Shoebridge together—what an extraordinary demonstration of the fact that they will do anything in order to engage in a political stunt while there is a war going on. What we know—