Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

I always enjoy Senator Joyce talking about broken promises. For those of us who have been in the chamber long enough—and, Mr President, you are one of them—we will remember: 'I will not vote for the sale of Telstra.' Senator Joyce ran on a platform; he said it; he campaigned on it; he came in here and he talked a big fight. Then he got in the room and, as usual, the little puppy dogs in the Nationals rolled over and let Mr Howard tickle their tummies and off they went—