Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Housing and Urban Development) Share this | Hansard source

I notice that parliamentary language is not being followed here. I am surprised by the bad manners of this senator. I simply say to the minister: if you raise these questions, we are entitled to ask questions. I think it is a simple and logical process. At eight o’clock you had the option, after two hours of debate, to put these questions. Now we have a situation, as a direct result of your provocative and inane comments, where you have stirred up a bit of interest in your performance. I can go on for some time about the question of your performance if that is the way you wish to proceed, and we have many other amendments to deal with before the end of this session. As a former manager of opposition business you would have understood this.