Steve Hutchins (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz, known in some circles as Email Eric. As I said, if we had to rely on Email Eric, as he is referred to in some circles, we would be in a lot more trouble than we are. I find it interesting that we get this sanctimoniousness from the opposition. These are the same people that were behind the Australian Wheat Board scandal, and Senator Fisher knows about it and so does Senator Cash. These are the same people behind the scandal in ‘children overboard’, and of course Senator Fisher worked for Minister Reith when they absolutely stuffed up the situation on the waterfront. The same people who are responsible for this are trying to work themselves up into a frenzy about the abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and its referral to the industrial inspectorate. What is wrong with that? As former Justice Wilcox found—