Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I reject absolutely what the Leader of the Opposition put to this chamber when he came to his feet yet again. This is what the Leader of the Opposition constantly does. He thinks this place is some sort of a game. The issues that are happening outside of this place somehow fall on his deaf ears, as all he does is constantly focus on the smear games of politics.

He talked about advertising. Already on the Labor side they have an advertisement that actually features Defence Force personnel, and he comes in here lecturing this government about those types of practices. I encourage the Leader of the Opposition to turn his attention to what is the focus of the government. Right now we are dealing with the very serious issue of Australia's response to the coronavirus. The Leader of the Opposition is even yet to ask me a question on the fact. Last week he couldn't even bother turning up to a briefing on the topic, preferring to do selfies with sports stars than inform himself about the coronavirus. When we approached him a week ago so the National Security Committee could meet, they engaged in disruptive, pathetic games in this place. I'm not going to take lectures from the Leader of the Opposition, who is the equivalent of a Twitter troll in this parliament. I table this document.

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