Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I came here this afternoon prepared for a serious debate on the sale of Telstra and Telstra generally, but I must say, having heard Senator Conroy, that I have never experienced a more confused, illogical and hypocritical contribution than that which Senator Conroy gave today. It was a contribution that could rightly be described as a boondoggle. I do not want to be personally insulting to Senator Conroy—he is a nice enough sort of fellow and quite friendly—but he really should stick to things that he knows, such as stacking branches in the Victorian Labor Party or going back to driving trucks or whatever he did in the Transport Workers Union before he came here.