Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will explain it to the ignorant minister at the table, who, clearly, should borrow my hearing aids, because he has enormous difficulty understanding even the most elementary propositions. He should also take the trouble to read the Senate report, which highlights the gross flaws in the government's approach.

What happens when you try to run these sorts of smears against people is you're likely to get a very strong response from the people you're seeking to smear. This is another example where the government has nothing serious to say about the future directions of the country and tries to come up with political gimmicks instead of trying to deal with the substantive problems that farmers and workers are facing in this country. With an industry that is of such importance to the economic performance of this country, you would have thought that the government would have done a much, much better job than this.