Robert Ray (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am convinced Senator McGauran is the source of most of the world’s foie gras—what a performance today! He accuses us of backflipping—us! Has anyone here changed political parties in the last year? Senator McGauran has, without explanation. Senator McGauran has betrayed the electors of Victoria—he was elected as a National Party senator and transferred over to the Liberal Party. So we will not hear any lectures from Senator McGauran on consistency or on principle. A rodent is a rodent is a rodent—a fact of politics.

It is interesting that a lot of people in here talk about the reforms of 1994; but none of them really know the details, because no-one on that side was involved.