Proof Hansard here:
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/...lication%2Fpdf
Search “Ministerial Statements”.
There were 'Albo and white paper' songs of praise; chorus led by Stearle. Up until then I had a modicum of respect for the man but as I listened, it dawned on me. These folk have not the first blind clue. No one properly briefed could make such speeches, unless it's a game of positioning. But the rest of the speakers, even ol' McDonald, left the feeling that a well polished turd was about to be put in a glass case and parked on the posterity shelf.
Quite so. It’s merely one Laborial hand languidly washing the other, as before.