Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I didn't want to interrupt the leader, although I struggled to hear him, but, for one minute and 40 seconds of the two minutes the leader was answering that question, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, from whom we would expect better things, continued to shout and yell and tried to drown out the minister from his answer. I'd ask you to ask the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as a matter of responsibility for someone in a responsible position, if she could keep quiet just for the last couple of minutes of question time.