Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

about a vote of 61-39. Well, I tell you what, Madam Speaker: that is better than Bill Shorten got when he last went before his party room. That is better than Bill Shorten got when he last went before the caucus.

I will say this to the Leader of the Opposition: sure, this government has not got everything right. Sure, this government does not pretend to be perfect. But this is what this government has not done. We have not wasted billions of dollars. We have not put hundreds of lives at risk. And we have not jeopardised Australia's vital international relationships. This is a good government which is getting on with the job of working for the Australian people.

The Leader of the Opposition, you would think, with a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister of our country, would have been prepared to stand up with a serious critique. What we saw from this Leader of the Opposition was the kind of cheap sneer and smear which proves that the Labor Party has not learned any lessons. It is in denial about what it did when it was in government.

Ms Ryan interjecting—

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