Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I spoke earlier this afternoon about the growing scandal that we see enveloping the Attorney-General, Senator Macdonald and various other ministers within this government. It really is a sign of how big this scandal is that the best Senator Brandis can do is rely on Senator Macdonald to run protection for him. If there was anyone you would ever want to run protection for you, I think Senator Macdonald would be at the bottom of the queue. It was very noticeable during question time that there was only one person speaking up in defence of Senator Brandis and that was Senator Macdonald. The most disgraced and ridiculous senator that this chamber has ever seen was the only person who was prepared to stand up for Senator Brandis.