Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Scarr. I completely reject your assertion there. As I mentioned earlier, we know that there are only two people in the country defending the old AAT: you and the former Attorney-General. I understand what it's like being the loyal servant of the party that you are, but the reality is that the AAT that we inherited when we came to government was a complete mess. It had been used as a stacking exercise for the Liberal and National parties. We wanted to reform that. We think it's an important reform that's in the long-term interest of the country.