Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

I have just gone through in order a whole range of areas in which Senate scrutiny has been not only maintained but increased. I heard Senator Sherry saying that the government is not in touch. I think that the best way you can ever gauge whether any party is in touch with the people of Australia is when they are brought to account at election time, and I simply refer to recent elections.