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

My apologies. I accept your admonishments. As I was saying, I am sure that the good senator opposite would not sit down in a negotiation with any of his friends or colleagues in the Western Australian Liberal Party and say, ‘Here’s my bottom line; let’s start the negotiations.’ I am sure that even he would not do that. The Rudd government has no intention of revealing its views on a range of these issues prior to the conclusion of the negotiations. (Time expired)