Sid Sidebottom (Braddon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

And the member at the table is more irrelevant than most. Fourthly, the opposition are in denial. This follows from the other three points. They cannot accept the verdict of 24 November 2007, that we have a mandate to govern and they do not. Get used to it!

Fifthly, the opposition are desperate. Their desperation today was demonstrated by what they do best—and that is, play the man. Today they played the man when the Leader of the Opposition called for the resignation of Don Henry, the Secretary of the Treasury. If they want to make the man the main game they should go and play somewhere else. Finally, they are hypocrites. And the biggest hypocrite is at the table right now.

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