Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy President, as I rise to respond to Senator Brown and to those opposite, may I preface my remarks with an observation. I am new to this chamber—to its vagaries and its protocols—and perhaps my naivety means that I am willing to give those opposite the benefit of the doubt. But, having come from a business background that recognises time and human capital are the most precious resources that we have, I am continually flabbergasted at the amount of precious time the opposition waste in focusing on issues that have no impact on the lives of everyday Australians. We are five sitting weeks in, and yet—