Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

It says it all about the state of mind of this government. It now has to protect the current Deputy Prime Minister. It cannot take it. The member for Cowper knows that I moved a second reading amendment. He knows that I broadened the debate on this bill as broad as it can possibly go. He will get a wake-up call tomorrow, because tomorrow I'm in the Federal Court against this Prime Minister and I'm very hopeful that, as a result of those proceedings, we will get to see the secret coalition agreement. Then we will know the extent to which this Prime Minister has been prepared to go to hold on to power in this country, and the extent to which he was willing to do deals with the now Deputy Prime Minister and the National Party simply to cling on to power. I look forward to tomorrow's hearing in the Federal Court and ensuring that this Prime Minister stops using taxpayer money—

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