Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take further note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance (Senator Cormann) and the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to questions without notice asked today.

I will start with Senator Cormann's answers and respond to some of the assertions made, particularly by Senator Sterle and others. Senator Sterle was trying to claim a conflict of interest by the Liberal Party because of some donations. This is coming from the Labor Party, where, if you are a union, you buy a seat at the table and you buy influence through the amount that you contribute to the Labor Party! When the Labor Party have the buying of influence entrenched within their system it is absolutely ridiculous for Senator Sterle to lecture the Liberal Party. I do not think Senator Tillem, Senator Dastyari or Senator Sterle have read the changes or are aware of what they are, because the ignorance was evident in all of their presentations. I might very briefly go through what—