Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations) | Hansard source

We need to suspend to ensure that Senator Cash has the appropriate opportunity to censure this government for its contempt of the Senate. That shows the complete contempt that this leader of the Senate has, that this government has for its Senate. And let's face it: the Treasurer made it pretty clear yesterday, when he put out there, in his interview, that he has made it 'perfectly clear'—I think I lost count of how many times he said the words 'perfectly clear'. Can I tell you: If you have to keep saying how 'perfectly clear' you have made it, you haven't made it perfectly clear at all. That's why we need to suspend: to allow Senator Cash to make this statement.

An honourable senator: You're making the statement!

And I am making the statement, right now, that speaks to the contempt that you, Senator Wong, and your colleagues have held this Senate in. This is the political equivalent of saying, 'Trust me.' Why would anybody trust you? Let's face it: you haven't been trustworthy in the past. You have tried to ram through legislation—have successfully rammed through legislation—without scrutiny, that has increased taxes—