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

I was too kind to Senator Joyce. It is not like me, but I was too kind: I thought he was asking me a policy question. And what do we get? The normal slander, the normal abuse, the normal poorly based claims. It was just another excuse for the Liberal opposition, who have nothing positive to say, nothing to contribute to public policy in this country, other than to try to slander and abuse anyone in public life. It does not matter whether it is the Godwin Grech affair or whether it is the matters involving Mr Slipper, the member for Dobell or now the Prime Minister. It is just straight slander. This is apparently the new positive agenda. Well, they finish the year on the same note that they started: nothing to say on issues of importance to the Australian people.