Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aged Care, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

I will send him the speech. Senator Boswell is clearly under attack from Senator Joyce’s faction in the National Party. The National Party in Queensland is getting smaller, but it is not as small as the Liberal Party in the state arena. We have the ridiculous situation where a coalition of sorts is presented to the Queensland community but we still cannot get agreement about what the role of each party is. We have the bizarre appointment of Senator Santoro as the Minister for Ageing. The last election Senator Santoro faced was in the seat of Clayfield—a blue ribbon Liberal seat—and he was absolutely trounced. He has not faced the electorate in the state. This is about the debacle of the coalition in Queensland. (Time expired)