Matt Keogh (Burt, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

I'll withdraw. When things go poorly, the Prime Minister is the first to point the finger at somebody else. When he's being called out for his failures, he says anything—'It's not my job,' 'It's a matter for the states,' or 'I don't hold a hose.' Whether it's bushfires, robodebt, aged care or car park rorts, he never shows leadership, just more spin. He is no leader. This Prime Minister does not take responsibility. He always blames others for his failures, and he gets to have a protection racket in the front row on the other side.

The Prime Minister never intended to keep his 2019 promise to introduce a national anticorruption commission. It's now three long years since he promised it, and nothing has happened except endless rorts and more scandals. We need transparency and trust in government. Australians can't afford another three years of the rorts and waste we've seen and the attacks on wages, Medicare and superannuation. We need a better life for working families, more secure Australian jobs and a future made here in Australia, and that's what federal Labor will deliver.

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