Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Because, notwithstanding the fact that you were not only pushed out of being the Manager of Opposition Business and moved aside from any influence from within the opposition but also rolled by the Left in South Australia, by Jay Weatherill and Senator Penny Wong and others who clearly did not want you in the state parliament, I believe you have a great deal to contribute. I am one of your biggest fans, Senator Farrell, and I absolutely recognise how you have come to this epiphany—an epiphany where you have recognised the importance of a bill such as this, the Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013, to the state of South Australia. I say it must be an epiphany because there must have been a miraculous conversion some time—