Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Again, the position of the government is very clear. What Senator Farrell is pointing to here is one of the great differences between the Liberal and National parties and the Labor Party. In the Labor Party, if somebody pulls out of line they get kicked out. But, of course, in the Liberal and National parties, we have freedom. We have a conscience. Backbenchers have got freedom—