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

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker: during the minister's answer, when he asked, rhetorically, what various people had done to deserve getting the sack, the member for Hughes yelled across the chamber, 'Voted Labor'.

Honourable members interjecting—

And he is confirming that now. That is offensive—that orderlies and working-class people should be sacked for voting Labor.

I find it incredibly offensive, as does everyone—not just on this side of the House but also, I would have thought, on that side of the House—to say, 'It's okay to be sacked if you voted Labor,' and I ask that he withdraw.

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