Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, that is not my understanding of the position. I thought the position was as you declared it: that a general reference to the Labor Party as guilty of hypocrisy was acceptable; that to accuse an individual senator of such a quality is not acceptable. However, if you are now reversing your ruling and saying that the term ‘hypocrisy’ cannot be applied to the Labor Party then I obviously withdraw.