Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

It is a remarkable thing that, when looking in the mirror today practising his lines, the Leader of the Opposition did not realise that this is the party of Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi. This is the party of Craig Thomson and Clean Event. This is the party that seeks to come into this House and lecture this government about standards. We had six years of the most dysfunctional government in the history of Australia after the Whitlam government. In 40 years they managed to break every record for chaos and dysfunction. They were the most divided rabble we have ever seen. Some of them are still there seeking to get back onto the government benches. I have heard a statistic that I find utterly remarkable. There were as many ministers in the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd governments, in less than six years, as in the entire period of the Howard government of 11½ years.

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