Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

No and no to both of the questions posed by the Manager of Opposition Business. I have seen the report of Dyson Heydon's speech to the Centre for Independent Studies, and, my God, I think it was extraordinary! He said that the Rudd government had done 'non-substantive' things. Frankly, that is the best thing that has ever been said about the Rudd government. If there is any bias, it is bias in favour of the Rudd government. He is the least critical person of the Rudd government of anyone in Australia. The Rudd government was so non-substantive that the Leader of the Opposition executed the Prime Minister. The Manager of Opposition Business went on television to re-enact his role in the political assassination of Kevin Rudd.

Really and truly, the idea that Dyson Heydon's statement that there was a tendency by the Rudd government to do non-substantive things is somehow evidence of bias—that is evidence of gentle tolerance of the most incompetent government in Australian history. Let me say this to the Manager of Opposition Business—

Mr Conroy interjecting—

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