Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 3) Bill 2023 is an important piece of legislative reform that is being engaged here. Financial services reform is, of course, a dry subject matter, but it's important. It actually matters. For investors, it matters for certainty and it matters for confidence. There are several pieces of legislation that the Senate will deal with today under the various Treasury laws amendment bills that are before the Senate—measures No. 3 and measures No. 1, at the very least.

These matters are being administered for the government by Mr Jones, and my understanding is that, up until May of this year, they were being administered for the coalition by the much lamented Mr Robert. Mr Robert has been gone for some time. I think he left the parliament in an unhappy fashion in May of this year. Much has been said about Mr Robert's contribution as a member of parliament and as a minister in the government of his friend Mr Morrison. Much has been said about that, and much more will be said about that.

It reminds me of a football player who today departed Greek football team Volos. They issued a statement after he got the sack. He got booted out in very unhappy circumstances after conceding a penalty in the team's match against AEK. His name is Dominik Kruzliak. The club said, 'We don't wish him well in the future, but we will certainly remember him.' I think there's a very strong parallel with the career of Mr Robert. There are very few fans of his—apart from Mr Morrison—who can be found on the other side of the chamber here. There was a little bit of back-slapping—