Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Of course the government does not agree with the suspension of standing orders, because the government has a significant plan. I thought it was important to give the shadow Treasurer the opportunity to speak to the House at least one last time. I thought he was going to pop a muscle—pull a muscle or pop a hernia!

He always starts too high, Mr Speaker! He always starts too high and he does not know how to come off that crescendo! He has to build to the crescendo—you cannot start with the crescendo, because then how do you build to the crescendo? The poor old shadow Treasurer had to keep that up for five minutes—bellowing at the chamber, shouting at the viewer—and not one shred of substance in the entire five minutes. Not one shred of substance—

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