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

If in fact today the Leader of the Opposition and other frontbenchers have said, after eight days of playing politics, that they are prepared to support the legislation that we will bring in in the next week or so, I ask simply: why did he called it dog whistling yesterday? Why did the Leader of the Opposition quite audibly, across the table, to me and to my frontbench colleagues, call this legislation dog whistling? I am pleased that the Leader of the Opposition now appears to be prepared to support it but, if he is prepared to support it today, why did he call it dog whistling yesterday?

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