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

They see it on display every day—this puffed up arrogance as he pursues his narrow political interests and goes about spreading fear and negativity in the community. He does not stand for one thing that would improve the lives of Australian families. Not one policy, not one plan, not one conviction: nothing that he believes in.

Mr Speaker, I want to conclude by saying this: the Leader of the Opposition, with his arrogance and his negativity, is leading the Liberal Party down the wrong path. I believe there are members on his backbench who will leave this place and sit in their electorate offices and they will think to themselves: ‘Did I take out a Liberal Party ticket all of those years ago in order to follow a man like this? Did I take out a Liberal Party ticket all those years ago to see my leader out at an event yesterday, associating himself with One Nation and the League of Rights? Is that why I joined the Liberal Party?’ And I believe when they reflect on that in their constituencies they will come to one conclusion: a man with no judgment stands before the Australian people exposed.

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