John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

I have no problem with the revision of history, but this person was being used by Nazis.

Senators Ryan, Finucane, Ormonde, Hanafin and others referred to road safety. I know that Senator Ryan has repeatedly raised some issues relating to trucks. Anyone who travels on dual carriageways in rainy weather is quite frightened by the speed of large trucks. There was a serious accident on the Naas dual carriageway yesterday morning. While I accept Senator Ryan's point about utterances on personal responsibility, that is a relevant matter. The issues of law enforcement, road standards and vehicle conditions also need to be considered. I heard this morning that if one wishes to get a driving licence in Australia, one has to get third party insurance. That seems to be a good way of ensuring that people are insured when they go on the roads. We should return to this matter, which we have debated in the past.

Senators MacSharry, Cox, O'Meara, Quinn, Mooney, John Paul Phelan and Bannon spoke about competitiveness. We should thank God that people are now able to get good wages.