Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Joyce—and I know Senator Heffernan keeps interjecting from afar—there is only one problem; this is your bill, which is actually unamended. This is your bill that you tabled, and we have not changed it. I do not mind Senator Milne having a go because Senator Milne would have raised this no matter who was standing here moving this bill. I absolutely understand. Senator Joyce, Senator Heffernan and Senator Boswell are muttering up the back about what an evil plot this is. It is your bill: you tabled it, you moved it. It was your bill to start with, so if you have a problem you should have had the courage to stand up in your own party room when it was first—