Sharon Claydon (Newcastle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will withdraw the word 'lying' and suggest, then, that I have had visits to my region from government members who have not spoken the truth. They have not spoken the truth. They like to rub a little bit of coal on their face and pretend they are at one with the mining community, but they do not tell them the truth.

I think a change in rhetoric may be all that the Deputy Prime Minister allowed the current Prime Minister to get away with. But it's not enough for investors, it's not enough to bring energy prices down and it's not enough to create new jobs and new industries in my region. (Time expired)

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