Julian McGauran (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

One feature of my address to the Senate, before I get back to the substance of it, is that I notice that Senator Sterle was off duty some 15 minutes ago or thereabouts but has decided to stay on, to listen to my contribution to this debate, to interject, and to become very stimulated by it. I am very pleased to say that we have finally got Senator Sterle to do an extra shift—a bit of overtime and a bit of work. I think the other side ought to give me a medal for that because they know that they have to drag him into this chamber at any time to do any sort of work because he is an old unionist who has never known the real substance of work—