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

To the Leader of the Opposition: doesn't it strike you—doesn't it strike everyone in this parliament—as somewhat strange that, on a day where we have passed through this House of Representatives a major economic reform; on a day in which we have been focused on a clean-energy future, on jobs for Australians in the future, on a better environment for jobs for Australians in the future; the only thing the Leader of the Opposition can focus on is me? Actually, it is about the future of Australia. Have you got anything to say—one thing, one word, one sentence, half a sentence—about Australian jobs? No, you do not. Do you have one plan that stacks up for a clean- energy future? No, the Leader of the Opposition does not. Does he have one plan to protect Australian jobs? No, he has voted against it recklessly in this parliament. Does he have a plan to protect our environment for the future? No, he does not.

Here we have today voted, motivated to make sure Australians in the future have clean-energy jobs and a better environment, and there the Leader of the Opposition sits, playing his politics—all about me, as usual. That is not the issue. The issue is: will this nation have a clean-energy future? We have said yes. You have said no.

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