Andrew Gee (Calare, National Party, Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education) Share this | Hansard source

It is very hard to believe that the Leader of the Opposition and his strategy team are so bereft of ideas that they bowled up such a pedestrian and unimaginative matter of public importance as this. The government's not focused on the interests of Australians? Who writes this stuff? Did you get the work experience kids to do it? My Lord! We know that the Leader of the Opposition isn't focused on the interests of Australians, their everyday issues and getting through COVID. We know that—and I want to folks at home to listen to this—because media reports tell us that over four days recently the Leader of the Opposition spent $10,000 trying to get Facebook likes. So, when the Prime Minister and the folks on this side of the House are working to get Australia through the worst pandemic we have seen in 100 years, the Leader of the Opposition is spending $10,000 just to get Facebook likes. On one day he spent $2,400. How much did the PM spend? $112.

The Leader of the Opposition doesn't care about the interests of everyday Australians. We know that they don't—that they are totally distracted and totally divided—because the good times just keep on rolling. Check out The Age today. It says:

What on earth is going on inside Anthony Albanese’s office?

Then the article goes on to say:

Fed up with teenage-style antics inside the Leader of the Opposition's office, chief of staff … delivered some home truths to his charges …

He was telling them to stop the cliquiness and that he wants them 'to turn the page on bad habits.'

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