Laura Smyth (La Trobe, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

No. As I was saying, two federal coalition MPs are sent in here to pretend that the Victorian government has in fact no say in the way that services under the national partnership agreement are administered in Victoria. I have no doubt that that is the case they are each putting in their respective electorates. It is unfortunate that they do not have sufficient confidence in their own Victorian colleagues to approach them with the same level of earnestness with which they come to this place—

Opposition members interjecting—

There we are. That is an interesting admission. Not only are they coming to this place raising concerns but they also seem to have limited faith in their own coalition colleagues at the state level. On so many issues it seems that the Victorian government still thinks it is in opposition. The people are certainly starting to see through its attempts to deflect responsibility.

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