Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:45): Mr President, when you have a lazy opposition, that is the sort of question that you get—purely based on media speculation. I can confirm for the Leader of the Opposition— Senator Kim Carr interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Carr. Senator ABETZ: that on the morning before I went on that particular radio program to which she refers, the Prime Minister and I did not have a discussion.
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