Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I have listened to this exchange with some interest. Before I make points which I hope are pertinent to the exchange, I would say to the minister through the chair that I think you should be careful about pointing fingers at the Democrats and a prescriptive approach, because out there in what is known as voter land, when I get people reacting to the approximately 1,800 bills that have been passed under your government and complaining about the Financial Services Reform Act, the tax act, the GST, BAS, superannuation returns or anything else—in which, at times, I have had a part to play because I have voted with the government on them—the finger tends to be pointed at the government, not at the Democrats, for making regulations, laws and so on—