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

Ah, now we get the racial—

Senator Kim Carr interjecting—

Very good, Senator Carr, you come in each time—

Senator Kim Carr interjecting—

If you had any degree of integrity about you, you would be apologising—but, look, let's keep on. Our friends in the Australian Greens claimed that they knew nothing about Senator Bob Carr. Can I refer senators to a little extract from our Journals and from Hansard of 14 August 2012, where my good friend Senator Ryan moved a motion headed 'Standards of Ministerial Ethics'. It asked that 'The Senate notes', among other things, 'R.J. Carr Pty Ltd, his former lobbying company', and talked about the standards of ministerial ethics, which requires 'that ministers divest themselves of investments and other interests in any public or private company or business'. It further called on 'Senator Bob Carr to table any advice he has received'.

Does that sound familiar: tabling advice in relation to matters of conflict of interest and standards of ethics? Do you know what happened when that got put to the vote? Not one Green, not two Greens, not three Greens, not four—but all nine of them, including Senator Milne, voted against the motion! And Senator Milne says, 'The first time I've heard about this company and Senator Bob Carr's standards of ministerial ethics being breached is today'! Doesn't that once again tell you everything you need to know about the Greens? They will vote against matters to protect the Labor Party when they have no understanding of the issues. They know nothing, they claim, but they will vote against it no matter what.

Senator Kim Carr interjecting—