Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Much like Senator Seselja, I am very much looking forward to having a say in this debate. I'm going to start by being kind. I have to say, my observation in estimates is that Senator Cormann is quite a competent performer, and I hear from Liberal Party observers of the Expenditure Review Committee that Senator Cormann certainly carries the Treasurer in that committee, if not the Prime Minister as well—you see, I'm being nice, Acting Deputy President—but the fact that his education was gained in European universities sometimes leads him into misunderstanding Australian politics. According to Liberal Party sources, when an enthusiastic—