Lindsay Tanner (Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

My apologies, Mr Speaker. Sadly, every few weeks the media gets a little bit bored and out pops the member for Higgins—will he, won’t he, what did he say in that phone call, who is he supporting in a preselection, who is running for the local council and where does he walk his dog? All that kind of stuff comes up. I am sorry to say this to the Liberal Party but this is all a waste of time. We know you are having great difficulty making up your mind on whether you want to go back to the past or not and whether you want to support Work Choices or not—

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