Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The House is being asked to suspend standing orders to hear a debate led by the Leader of the Opposition. Well, frankly, Mr Speaker, why would we do that? The dogs are barking, but the caravan has moved on. I would say that to the bitter, shallow, hollow people on the front bench of the opposition. They are realising, day after day—and you can see it written on the faces of the Leader of the Opposition, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the shadow Treasurer; these Work Choices refugees—that they will never sit on the government front bench again. Let us go through the misrepresentations of today’s debate. This—

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