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

Senator Ketter, you keep saying this and it's just not true. It is just not true. There has been no decision to do any deal. In fact, there has been a decision to do no deals with One Nation. No deals, no coalitions, no joint ministries—none.

Meanwhile, Senator Ketter, if you'd heard Senator Macdonald's very eloquent contribution to the debate yesterday afternoon, it would have been pointed out to you by Senator Macdonald that the Queensland Council of Unions and various other trade unions who are your backers and financiers are running a campaign in North Queensland as we speak to put the LNP last—in other words, to preference One Nation ahead of the LNP. So if you want to know who is talking out of both sides of their mouth on this, Senator Ketter, just look in the mirror because it's the ALP that is playing a double game on the question of One Nation preferences.