Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

The government benches are having a very merry time, but these are very hollow laughs, because they know the intransigence of their deputy leader has got them into the position where the industrial relations project that so many of those on the government benches poured so many tens of millions of dollars of their members’ funds into is about to be driven into a brick wall—because Work Choices is dead. We voted to kill it at 2.30 this morning, and it is the government, the Deputy Prime Minister in particular, so deluded, so vain, so obstinate, that is going to bring it back to life. Just remember this scene in Dr Frankenstein’s laboratory: Dr Frankenstein and his offsider ‘Dr Gillard’ are there recharging the corpse, bringing it back to life. All of their supporters and all of their donors in the union movement will be saying, ‘Julia, we’re paying a very heavy price for your vanity, a very heavy price indeed.’

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