Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I always love Joe’s interventions. It is called the Joe Hockey bellow factor—the louder you bellow, the lesser the amount of content lying behind the bellowing. Let’s go to our good friend opposite. We will pass by the member for Fadden—he made a notable contribution to the House yesterday, as well, on this. Let’s go to the member for Wentworth, who we know as the Leader of the Opposition has a keen interest in local infrastructure as well. We know, when the minister for infrastructure showed up to announce an investment in the Waverley Park pavilion, the Leader of the Opposition had the following to say:

Could I just say that I’m delighted that the Government’s spending this money on the Pavilion here.

‘Delighted’. He said:

… I’m delighted to be here to welcome that investment, it’s a very good investment in infrastructure.

I have a few problems with this. How does that reconcile itself with the huff and puff and bluster we have heard here for the last two weeks? But I can also go on to the question of schools in the honourable member’s electorate. Let’s just look at a few of these schools. We have St Anthony’s school. Does the Leader of the Opposition support the refurbishment of the playground and classrooms and the installation of broadband at St Anthony’s school in his electorate? Does he support the refurbishment of classrooms and roofing at St Clare’s College in Waverley? What about that one?

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