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

I take, and the government takes, no responsibility for the endless filibustering both in this chamber and the other place, where those opposite in both chambers have set out to frustrate the government's legislation on many, many occasions. There have been situations where the backlog of bills has been caused by the other chamber due to the fact that those opposite have opposed just about everything but the budget itself. Just about everything but the budget itself they have opposed all the way. They are not interested. They are not interested in better schooling for our children. They are not interested in a national broadband network. They are not interested in a disability care scheme. They are not interested— (Time expired)