Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

Today the parliament of Australia was visited with the full skills and repertoire of the Inspector Clouseau of the Howard government, to borrow a phrase which was used in today’s newspaper. I thought it was overegging the pudding a bit when I saw it this morning, but it was completely confirmed in the performance by the minister in question time today. The function of the parliament is to hold the executive accountable. How do we do that? We ask the executive questions.

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