Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I can understand that the member for Goldstein is humiliated by this issue, having taken on a job with the then Leader of the Opposition as the shadow minister for emissions trading. He was the shadow minister for emissions trading but he says he is against emissions trading. Unbelievable! It is like being a shadow minister for the environment who is against the environment, or a shadow minister for employment who is against employment. It is absurd; the member for Goldstein says that he never supported an emissions trading scheme but he was prepared to take on the job as the shadow minister for emissions trading. It is no wonder that the member for Wentworth gives character assessments on the member for Goldstein to anyone who asks for one.

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