Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

This represents a new low in Australian politics. The opposition pretend they have better policies in terms of children. We do not put them in detention centres; we allow them to stay with their families. But that is not good enough for you. Now you want to blame the government for the fact that people drowned. How morally bankrupt can the Liberal Party get! You are in a race to the bottom. In a desperate bid to win government, you have engaged in a race to the bottom. I am taking the names of the Liberal moderates up the back because you are missing again. Senator Humphries, where are you? Senator Abetz’s question is below contempt. I think the Liberal Party ought to have a look at how low it is prepared to go. (Time expired)