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

Yes, the carbon price is to blame again! The opposition's position on this is quite clearly split between Mr Turnbull and Mr Abbott. On the one hand, Mr Abbott says it is okay for Ms Rinehart to take over holus-bolus. On the other hand, Mr Turnbull put out a very thoughtful piece in the Age yesterday—Mr Turnbull and I were recently described as a unity ticket on this.

The question is: where do those opposite stand? The question is: when it comes to signing the charter of editorial independence, are you in the Turnbull camp or are you in the Abbott camp? Because they are in different camps. Let me be very clear: on the public record, in the last 48 hours, Mr Abbott and Mr Turnbull have expressed diametrically opposite positions. That is not a surprise, given— (Time expired)