Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Sorry; Senator Douglas Cameron—as his mother used to call him for dinner every night. They asked Senator Douglas Cameron, 'Do you think the momentum is coming back for Kevin?' and Senator Douglas Cameron's reply was, 'I don't know.' But, Senator Douglas Cameron, I think you do know. I think you are counting them—'One, two, three, four, five; we're getting close.' I think you do know. I think they are counting. Then it will be Senator the Hon. Douglas Cameron, because what will happen is that he will come to the front while Senator Stephen Conroy goes right to the back. He will almost go out of the building, because he said some very nasty things about Mr Rudd. So Senator Stephen Conroy will go back and Senator Douglas Cameron will come forward. I do not know where you will go, Senator Jacinta Collins. Just keep your head down and be nice and quiet and hope it all passes over.

This is how the country is being run at the moment. There is complete and utter mass confusion. If we look at Senator Stephen Conroy, who is at the table, we are about to see a big smile. He is covering up with his hand because he does not want us to see that he knows this is true. Yes, here it comes. He can see it coming. Senator Stephen Conroy is ringing up his good wife saying, 'How much do we owe on the house and how far ahead are we on the mortgage because I think I'm about to suffer a serious pay cut?'