Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

That is right—Mr Turnbull. Of course, up until December 2009 so did the Liberal Party itself know that. Since that time, we have seen a backward march to the Dark Ages by the overwhelming numbers in the Liberal Party. What we have seen, Senator Conroy, is the knuckle draggers have seized control of the Liberal Party. They have taken it upon themselves to malign scientists, we have seen them peddling—