Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order, Mr Deputy President: I inquire what particular remarks Senator Carr is talking about. If he is worried about the lefty socialist tag, I do not think that is unparliamentary. If he is worried about what Mr Garrett did in his former life and suggesting that his passion for the environment was more related to his previous employment than his current employment, I do not see that that is unparliamentary. If that is unparliamentary and if we are going to cry about that, I should have been crying for years.