John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I want to refer to Hansard and quote what Senator Brown said in the Senate when Senator Scullion missed a vote earlier in the year:

… this does show the opposition is in some disarray. … My only advice to the opposition is you need to get yourself in order—

Those were his exact words in Hansard. I am not going to harp on this; I am just going to say that I said that night to now Minister Arbib, ‘Those who live in glass houses should never throw stones.’ It was only 10 minutes or so later that we had another division in which one of the Labor senators was not present—I think it was Senator Bishop. The point I make is that when we make a mistake Senator Brown gets up and gives us one large spray. I will repeat what I have said: those who live in glass houses should never throw stones.