Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

It will not come as a surprise to most senators that the assertion made by Senator Cameron is in fact incorrect. Indeed, Labor used the same eligibility criteria that we have put in place on five occasions whilst they were in government. Firstly, January 2008, storms and flooding in the Mackay and Whitsunday regions; February 2008, flooding in Mackay; November 2008, storms in South-East Queensland; May 2009, storms and flooding in South-East Queensland and northern regions of New South Wales; March 2010, storms in Victoria.

I trust you have the decency not to keep on peddling this misinformation, and I trust there will not be any supplementary questions to keep on with this misinformation and mischief.