Julie Owens (Parramatta, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

They are democratically elected governments. We are a unique democracy in this country. The people of this country like to have one side of politics in the states and the other side in the federal arena. Nearly every federal government you can remember has lived with that; it is your job to work together. You have been here for 10 years. If I were in business—and I was—and went to my boss month after month saying, ‘I can’t get along with that other person; we can’t work together. I know all our infrastructure is falling apart, but it’s not my fault; we just can’t work together,’ and 10 years later I was still saying it, I would not be there. Get your act together; it is your job. The state governments are democratically elected, so work with them and stop whingeing about the fact that you cannot. It is so boring and every single person out there will agree with me.

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