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

Once again, I utterly reject the inane politicking being engaged in by Senator Macdonald in a pathetic attempt to try and win votes for his failing party in Queensland, and that is exactly how it should be seen. If I can go to the substance of the question, oil dispersants can only be sprayed by small single-engine, low-flying aircraft similar to those used on farms, flying only metres above the affected ocean.