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

The fact is, one of the things I learnt at St Mary's Cathedral was about social justice, was about standing up for my principles, was about having conviction—which is why I am prepared to stand up on these matters of principle and not just say no. What the Leader of the Opposition is attempting to do to politics in this country with his language, with his actions, with his motivations, is simply to be negative and to turn it into the sort of behaviour that we saw in the galleries yesterday. A lack of respect for our parliamentary processes, a lack of respect for democracy, because he believes it is all about him. Well it is not. This country is much better than that and they are much too good to have you in any leadership position.

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