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

This is a leader who has hit a brick wall. The pugilist is out there swinging away; but they are air swings. He has not landed anything. He is like the pugilist who goes out there all macho man: swinging away but not landing a punch. Is that all you have got? After 1 July we know that that is all he has got. He comes in here and is like a robocall: press button 1, scare campaign on the carbon price and the economy; press button 2, scare campaign on asylum seekers. That is all they have got. They have no alternative agenda whatsoever. They have just the low road of fear; they do not worry about any of the facts when they go down that road.

This is a Leader of the Opposition who ran from the parliament but also runs from himself. This is a Leader of the Opposition who goes day after day without giving a press conference. He talks about accountability. This morning he gave a press conference at 6.15 am in Fyshwick.

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