QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science) (14:41): I think it could only be the coalition that would blame the Commonwealth government for what is going on in the global nickel market. That is the sort of irresponsible wandering-past-the-problem approach that underscores the delinquency of the period that those opposite were in government.

It's hard to find a metaphor that is appropriate. It's not just the teenage arsonist blaming the fire brigade for turning up late; it's the teenage arsonist who's still pouring petrol out and holding a lighter blaming the fire brigade for turning up too late. The PRESIDENT: Senator McDonald, second supplementary?