Michael Ferguson (Bass, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I think you ought to listen to this. We listened to you; I think you ought to listen to this. The Leader of the Opposition at that time was a member of the government, as the minister for education—the government that was crippling Australia and bringing it to its knees, and reducing young Australians, our greatest asset of all, to begging an employer—even offering to pay them—to give them an opportunity at life. In here today, it grieves me to hear the member for Jagajaga just grandstanding, with very little to offer but a prepared speech. This comes from the woman who would be Deputy Prime Minister of the greatest country in the world.

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