George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I can indeed, and the reason is that the ministerial standards are an important integrity measure which was prepared by the Prime Minister and the cabinet office, and settled in part by me, to ensure that the standards of this government are considerably higher than the standards of your government, Senator Wong—a government that was characterised by serial lying to the Australian people by the former Prime Minister Ms Gillard; her predecessor and successor, Mr Rudd; and, Senator Wong, on many infamous occasions, by you.