Bruce Baird (Cook, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Tony Windsor we all know, because he has always been jealous. Because he missed out on his preselection for the seat of Tamworth, he has never got over it. So he has this whole psychological thing with the member for Gwydir because the member for Gwydir did what he could never do—that is, become the Deputy Prime Minister. He did a fantastic job, he is a man of incredible repute and what do the members opposite do? They just slur his reputation—they do not care—‘Let’s throw it around. He sold his shares; he knew all about it.’ He was sitting on the back bench then. We on this side of the House think that type of approach is to be absolutely condemned. It is typical of the way the opposition have gone. With little evidence, they simply smear the reputations of the ministers and the Prime Minister, saying, ‘They all knew all about it, and they in retrospect were so wise and would have done that.’ Of course, the reality is quite different. The matter was investigated by the UN; it was investigated by Volcker. We have set up a full inquiry and I have not heard anybody say, ‘You should have set up a different type of inquiry.’

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