Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

This is fantastic. This is Chris Bowen's Hearts and Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor. As I said, the only consistent thing from the Labor Party is its partnership with the Greens. So I quote from the book:

Labor and the Greens are not different shades on the same continuum; we are different parties that believe in different things. People need to be very clear in their understanding: if you vote Labor, you will not get Greens policies.

I want to pay tribute to the member for Perth. I want to pay tribute to the member for Perth, the shadow parliamentary secretary for Western Australia. She said today, 'I think there is a perception that the mining tax was not a good tax for Western Australia. I think that is true.' Come over, come over to the coalition. We might just have you on this side. Come over, come over to the coalition, because at least there is one person in the Labor Party who is prepared to be fair dinkum with the people of Western Australia. Except the problem is that the Labor Party and the Greens work against the interests of the people of Western Australia, and no-one does that more than the member for Perth.

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