Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much. In question time today, the member for Maribyrnong suggested that I hadn't expressed remorse in relation to the robodebt issue. I'd point the minister to comments I made at a doorstop in Brisbane on 8 July, where I said:

Again, when the problems were brought to the attention of the government at the time, the program was stopped. I'm sorry to those people that have been adversely affected. I truly am. In relation to those cases—

It went on. Secondly, on 13 July, in an interview with Ray Hadley, I said:

Well, I think we take responsibility for that which we got wrong.

The politicisation of what is a very serious issue by the minister knows no bounds in this chamber, and I'm happy to correct the record as such.

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