Lisa Singh (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is a bit rich, I think, for the opposition senators to start talking about budget black holes on the government's side which are clearly hypothetical and speculative, not confirmed or based on fact, when they have very much a confirmed $70 billion black hole. They stand for a $70 billion black hole, cuts to services and cuts to jobs. This was confirmed by Joe Hockey and Andrew Robb. It is a bit rich of them to come in here and start talking about black holes and also for Senator Williams to go on some tangent when he should know very clearly by now the standing orders in this place. If not, I suggest to him, as someone who is still relatively new to this place, to read his Odgers', which he would have received, as we all did when we started as new senators in this place, so as to understand the standing orders during taking note of answers. We have to be relevant to the questions from question time which we are taking note of. Even I know that much.