David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

What I sought to do was to take the politics out of this program, by saying, 'We agree with the government,' presuming that they had actually done something, presuming that all the talk, the doorstops, the splash, the politics, the rhetoric, actually was in front of something of substance. But of course, upon getting the portfolio, I found it was a complete charade. It was in fact a Walt Disney design. It was in fact a complete fantasy. And we have had to start from square one. Why will you not, Senator Wong—through you, Mr President—ever talk the truth about this project?