Shane Ross (Independent)

I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing his time with me and I want to congratulate him. I notice that sometimes in this House people make strange conversions from one position to another. When Senator O'Toole was negotiating the benchmarking deal, I did not hear him crying about the interests of the poor or the voluntary pillar. When Senator O'Toole was negotiating the deal for the teachers, I did not hear him worrying about the poor, the underprivileged or those who need charity or help. He was a master of negotiating exclusively for a very small number of people and I congratulate him on his conversion to the worries of the poor and the underprivileged. A little Tory like Senator O'Toole, as one of the most conservative Members of this House, ought to be on the other side of the House, such is his capacity to do a deal with anybody. He has suddenly found this ideology in his heart and his great yearning for the poor. That will benefit him, no doubt, but——