Senator Joyce felt like he had taken on the character of Brian Dawe today while questioning ABC Managing Director, Mr Mark Scott, who was doing his best to impersonate John Clark while answering Senator Joyce's questions on whether two jobs at Lismore and Mackay would be retrenched, replaced or sacked.
"Obviously when it comes to full disclosure in answers Mr Scott writes his own script. Under constant questioning Mr Scott repeatedly stonewalled with oblique, repetitive and non-descriptive answers such as "no decisions have been made" and "discussions are ongoing."
"To draw an analogy, it would be very disconcerting if you asked someone ‘Are you going to break into my house?’ and he answered with ‘no decisions have been made at this time’ and ‘discussions are ongoing.’
"And I am sure this is exactly how the employees at Lismore and Mackay feel as they see this episode of ‘Days of Our Lives’ played out in Federal Parliament, starring their own Managing Director."