Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I've got to again correct Senator Cameron. Our distinguished addition to the Senate Liberal team, Senator Molan, is not the newest Liberal senator. The newest Liberal senator is actually Senator Lucy Gichuhi, who is of course a great demonstration of the multicultural richness of the great Australian nation. And, dare I say, Senator Wong and I are examples, in our own way, of the great multicultural diversity that makes up Australia. Of course I endorse the comments of the Prime Minister wholeheartedly. I know that Senator Molan—a great Australian who's provided outstanding public service to Australia in his capacity as a general in the defence forces—of course supports those remarks by the Prime Minister as well. Senator Molan handled the attack by Senator Cameron very eloquently yesterday. I think that he is strong enough to speak for himself, and I think he did so very well yesterday.