Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

You don't have to take instructions from the Liberal Party. Stand up for yourself. Back yourself in. Have a bit of confidence!

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We didn't get it right in the fact that that backlog was there and I congratulate … Andrew Giles for the work he has done on that in a pragmatic way in making sure we can move forward.

But I don't have to go to the Leader of the National Party; I can go to the Leader of the Liberal Party, because this is what he said when we made an announcement in relation to the migration program. He said: 'It's too little, too late.' He wanted more, and sooner! He said this decision, to lift the migration cap, 'should have been made 100 days ago when the government was elected'. He said, 'We do need an increase in the migration numbers,' and, 'These are all grand announcements. I want to see the rubber hit the road,' and, 'It's clear the migration number needs to be higher.' That's what he had to say.

The shadow minister at the time, indeed, said this, when asked about an increase in migration—sitting now on the backbench; one of the three people that this leader has lost: three shadow ministers since the last time parliament sat— (Time expired)

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