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

Senator Carr, the government has great confidence in Dr Finkel. We admire his work. As I said in response to your primary question, we thank him for his work.

I am aware that there are colleagues in my party room, including my friend Senator Eric Abetz, who have a different view. I am aware of that. I always find it strange and very difficult to understand why it is that you people in the Labor Party feel so threatened by that—that the expression of different points of view in a party room is a bad thing. We in the Liberal Party and the National Party welcome the contributions of all points of view. We welcome the contributions of those who take an iconoclastic point of view as well as of those who take a mainstream point of view. (Time expired)