Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) Share this | Hansard source

Not only has the Leader of the Opposition refused to clearly to dissociate himself from these groups but last night on ABC TV he said, ‘That was a representative snapshot of middle Australia.’ Well, you must be kidding. I am sure that there would be many on the opposite benches that did not find it representative of their own views or of the values and traditions of the Liberal Party either. The fact is that it was not befitting someone who wants to be leader of our nation. It goes to character and judgment as well as the ability to provide true leadership on an important public policy question.

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