Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to be heard in silence from my side as well. The resignation of former Prime Minister Fraser was very sad. As I do not want to quote him out of context, I will read this from the article in the Age:

… he hopes his resignation will send a message to the party to shape up and stay true to its core values.

When I first came to this chamber I was taught that there was at least one liberal Liberal left, and that was Senator Brandis. That is what I understood from what my colleagues told me. That is what even some of my Liberal colleagues—I have a couple of them—said. I always thought that there was one liberal Liberal left, so I was very disappointed with you, Senator Brandis, when you adopted the comments—