Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for McMahon for his question. One only has to reflect on what the alternative is. When the alternative government talk about chaos, I keep on thinking about pink batts, and I think about cash for clunkers, and I think about hundreds of billions of dollars in debt. I think about citizens assemblies. What was that time when they all sat down on the carpet with a notepad to try to work out what they were going to do when they actually got into government—when Prime Minister Rudd sat down, or just Senator Conroy, full stop? When we talk about chaos, how could we go past the Australian Labor Party? How could we go past the whole retinue of madness which parades as an apparent political party with policy? If you want to talk about chaos, how about this: they got their new backpacker tax from Senator Jacqui Lambie. There is your new chief political adviser!

I would like to refer this to the Treasurer, because we have a lot to talk to you about if you want to know about chaos—chaos on your side.

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