Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

He did. He represented them. And then he gave $100,000 of their dues to GetUp! What did GetUp! use the $100,000 for? They used it for a campaign to close down the industries that employed his members. What that tells you is that the Leader of the Opposition, like all of these union bosses, is utterly disconnected from the members he represents. These are the issues we should be discussing. We should be focused today on energy policy, as we have been throughout this question time. And what we've had from the opposition instead are big threats of creating chaos and mayhem in the parliament, a swingeing question time strategy. We felt battered by it over here—it was like being flogged with a wet lettuce!

The reality is the Labor Party has failed Australians on energy and now, when we see the result, when the facts are laid out by AEMO, the Labor Party is not prepared to discuss it. Those are the issues we should be discussing. That's why this motion should be rejected. We have urgent matters of energy security to deal with in this House. We should be addressing today the jobs, the businesses, the households of Australia. We can discuss those today. The Labor Party should focus on the real concerns of the people they so dismally represent—the people they claim to represent. (Time expired)

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