Lindsay Tanner (Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

It is good to see, finally, that the opposition have a policy with respect to the cost of living. It is: ‘Let them drive Ferraris!’ Given the shambolic performance of the Liberal Party yesterday and the fact that their positions on what they are going to do in the Senate, and indeed on their leadership, have moved around over the past few months, we can be forgiven for not being entirely sure about how this is all going to unfold. I would urge the opposition again to rethink their position. We could actually get a change of heart. But we know that one thing will not change with the Liberal Party, and that is that their core priority is to stand up for the interests of high-income, wealthy Australians.

We do not know who their leader is going to be. We have seen over the past few months the member for Higgins appear on the horizon as a would-be saviour for the Liberal Party. You can see them huddled in corridors around parliament discussing this—the Messiah is potentially on the horizon for the Liberal Party.

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