Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Grayndler has just asked me why I don't ask him a question. I know he's a little bit confused about this, but we're the government and he's the opposition. He's actually supposed to ask us a question. I know he'll get to it soon, if the Leader of the Opposition will let him. The member for Grayndler, who wants me to ask him a question—it's obviously so that he can put himself before the Australian people as a better leader than the current Leader of the Opposition.

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