Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Senator Carr) to a question without notice asked by Senator Johnston today relating to the cost of oil and the Jeddah Energy Meeting in Saudi Arabia.

We have seen an astounding thing today: once again, we have had a very clear confirmation that the Rudd government are entirely without substance. They will say and do anything to get a headline but, when it comes to delivering, they fail at every single turn. Most recently, we have had Mr Ferguson, as the emissary of Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister, going over to turn the blowtorch on the OPEC producers. What did that blowtorch become? Senator Johnston today—