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

What is an insult to Australian taxpayers is the fact that the best those opposite can come up with is getting out a calculator, plugging in a few numbers, and working out how many lines there are. That is the best the alternative government have to offer when it comes to the most significant reforms for our children's education in our country's history.

How many full-stops were there? Have you counted the full-stops yet? That will be your only contribution. If we gave you one hour or one year to debate the bill, Senator Mason, you would be adding up the number of full-stops. That is it. You are opposed to this bill. You are opposed to Australian children getting the best possible education. And those opposite will continue to cry poor all the way through question time, when they are not interested in the merit or the substance of these bills. They simply— (Time expired)