Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Again, this complete denigration—this smear campaign—that Senator Brandis seeks to pursue does him no credit. I quote what his leader, Mr Abbott, said on 6 October:

I hope that after the nasty personal politics of the last few months, in particular, we can focus on how do we actually build a better country.

That was Mr Abbott expressing the opposition's views about nasty personal politics. They come in here today and try to smear up Minister Carr on the basis of his time as Premier—I do not know how many years ago, but a very long time ago. Then they come in and try to smear up the Prime Minister. This is an opposition with nothing to contribute to public policy in this country. They are so low that they cannot see over the ditch they have dug for themselves.