Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Name a reform, Senator Abetz, that you tackled in this area in 12 long years. Through you, Mr President, he cannot name one. I challenge him; he cannot name one. Where red tape and regulatory reforms were identified, they were swept under the carpet—or, in the case of the National Party, the doormat. They just swept the reforms under the carpet, ignored them and did nothing. As usual, the National Party opposed— (Time expired)