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

I do not want to be diverted from my speech, but if I have been called ‘unrepresentative swill’ and that is considered parliamentary then surely saying someone is a disgrace is hardly as offensive. But I know Senator Carr’s sensitivity, the little flower that he is, so I will watch my language in future. Senator Sterle, you do not have to point to be rude; you manage that in other ways.