Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am deeply appreciative of Senator McLucas’s concern for my numbers. Her dear old dad is a lovely person and he is one of my numbers. He was the chairman of the Hughenden branch and a very staunch Boswell supporter. I thank her for her concern and ask her to talk to her father. But we are debating a motion to take note of answers to questions. Senator McLucas was diverted slightly; she lost her way about halfway through her five-minute contribution.

This was going to be the killer blow to end all killer blows. This was going to drive the National-Liberal coalition into the dirt. We were all going to be running for cover concerning the Wheat Board. What a big, big fizzer. This has not got off the ground. Even your leader admitted to caucus that you were not going to get any heads on this one, that it was quietening down a bit. You have been asking questions all over the place. That is your right and you should do that. But the government has established the Cole inquiry. It has established an inquiry that will get to the bottom of this. All your probing and the futile questions you are asking here will be dealt with by the commissioner, Mr Cole.