Bernie Ripoll (Oxley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

And I will take the laughing interjection from the member for Dickson on his views. Just like the long drought we are having in Queensland, we are not just having a drought on the land; we are having a drought in the National Party caucus room as well. It has been a long time between drinks for them, so much so that they are calling for last drinks—farewell, adios, sayonara, arrivederci, adieu, good night and good luck. I am not quite finished, though. Mind you, the National Party is, but I am not quite finished. This ship of rats has just started sinking. A few of them—the well heeled, the fatter rats, the fatter Nationals—can smell the rising damp. They know what is happening to the ship. It is sinking, and they are starting to run like the rats they are. (Time expired)

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