Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety) Share this | Hansard source

You know, I've been here a long time. We get passionate about issues and challenges in this nation. But it does us, as legislators of this fine nation, no decency or good to hear senators interjecting all the time through taking note, when we're talking about one of the greatest challenges we're facing. For the poor people sitting in the chamber and those who may have been listening and tuning in, I am absolutely embarrassed by the comments being thrown across the chamber at each other by senators, who couldn't keep their mouths shut for longer than 10 seconds to try to interject and belittle other senators. The senator accused has left the chamber. It is probably the best thing that he has done in his short-term—