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

I withdraw 'piddly'—'pathetic'. Sorry, I respect you, Temporary Chair Brockman, as the chair. I was expecting that pathetic response. Here we go, Australia—25 million Aussies: 'Nothing to see here.' At two in the morning, they snuck off the ship in an MSIC port, where they're supposed to be escorted because 'We've got eyes on everything; no-one gets past us.' I'll raise another one here. I want the 25 million Australians in this nation to see through the bulldust that comes from that side of the chamber. You talk up a big fight on security. You're full of bulldust. I was rather restrained there for you, Temporary Chair Brockman. Here's another one. What we're very clearly told—because Senator Sheldon and myself, and our good mate and the Chair and Senator Barry O'Sullivan, lived and breathed this stuff for a couple of years, so the government departments couldn't wait to tell us. As part of the you-beaut, tickety-boo, 'I wouldn't lie to you' email 48 hours or 24 hours out, we're told—I don't know if you know this, Minister, but you will in a minute—that the captain keeps all passports secured in a safe on the ship. I'll give you the opportunity, Minister, to consult with the officials in the box there. Am I right?