Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister. Thank you, Madam Acting Deputy President. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is on the wrong side of history. She is lining up with Tony Abbott and they are stuck in the 1950s, just like Senator Boswell. Rather than actually having a properly facilitated discussion, in this place or the other, the Labor Party wants to rush this bill through, just like they did today in the House, to get it off the agenda, because it is inconvenient for them.

It is staggering to see the coalition in this place handing over their time tomorrow to allow the Labor Party to dump this issue, to get it off the agenda, and to see Tony Abbott—