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

Mr Speaker, I was asked a question about the police and agencies, and I was speaking about the police and agencies. I'm for them, and we on this side are for them. It's as simple as that. We have confidence in them to do their work, and we will back them in doing their job. That is what we will do—continue to engage information that is made public that they make decisions about. For example, on the day of the Maroubra child care incident, the AFP made it clear that it was their view that people were being paid to engage in some of these antisemitic actions. If people who are criminals are being paid, maybe it's a good idea to use intelligence to find out who's paying them. Maybe that's the priority—not this political game-playing. But those opposite, on a day in which we've announced $1.7 billion of additional health funding, of course can't ask any questions about health. They can't ask any questions about education or TAFE on a day on which the parliament has passed free TAFE. They can't ask any questions about the cost of living, even though they say that's the No. 1 priority, because the only policy they have is free lunches. That's why they're reduced to criticising and undermining the work of our police and our security agencies. (Time expired)

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