Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

One of the problems you get when you let Senator Birmingham write his own questions on the run is that he actually then begins to verbal the minister across the chamber. He completely misrepresented my answer. He has completely tried to conflate two different statements and claim they are contradictory. Senator Birmingham should stick to doing what he is good at—detailed policy work.

You should not be trying to make up questions on the run, because you are just not any good at it. Stick to the detailed policy work in estimates, which you are pretty good at. You are much better than some of these clowns here. Some day you will get on the front bench and you will get a chance to have your own policy area.