Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

That's very reassuring but the fact remains that currently in Cairns people are waiting twice as long to have family law matters resolved as they are in Adelaide. So again I ask you: why is the Cairns registry not getting the increase in resourcing that we're seeing in Adelaide? Is it because there's no Independent senator from Cairns who is prepared to sell out their principles and do a deal with the government in the way that Senator Patrick has?