The Labor Party in a fit of pique over their cover being blown regarding their support of multinational major oil companies today launched their fiery rebuke on Senator Joyce accusing him of closing two pay phones in St George.

How pathetic. With the calls coming into the Senate on the performance of Labor Senators on broadcast, it was apparent that flipping your lid in a personal attack with a nefarious connection to payphones does not cover Labor's complete abrogation of their protection of Australian independent fuel retailers.

“The record stands as printed. The time when Labor could have made a difference, the time when they did have the numbers, they folded to support their mates in Big Oil. Next week they will be asking for controls in cross media. Today they voted out controls to protect independent fuel retailers. They are all over the shop,” Senator Joyce said.