Judith Adams (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to take note of the answers given by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Minchin. In so doing, I would like to correct some of the comments made by those opposite. I was a parliamentary observer at our federal council meeting. It was not, as Senator Sherry said, the Liberal Party federal conference; it was actually a council meeting and that was a very different scenario. Our federal conference is usually held in each state and we have a much larger number of people. Senator Sherry also said the whole thing was a shambles. I can assure you that it was not a shambles and that, as a parliamentarian, I gained a terrific lot from it, meeting with all the delegates and the business observers when I had the opportunity.