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

I was not there, Senator Wortley, but I understand from advice given to me that there was a real chance that the meeting would become inquorate. We had certain urgent business we had to transact, so we were going to transact that. As I said, as it turned out the whole thing was a bit of a farce. But I think it shows the attitude that the Labor Party, led by their leader who sits at the table and shouts all the way through my presentation, adopt to these things. If they do not get their way, they pull out the bottom lip and say, ‘We’ll go home.’ In that way they can disrupt things. You could probably all go home now and stop me speaking, Senator Evans. I am surprised that you have not adopted that tactic as well. Perhaps you will even call a quorum.