Sam Birrell (Nicholls, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I reckon you'll see a speech that has a bit of an idea about some leadership, that cares about what's actually hurting people and that shows a bit of vision for the future. When I was a young man growing up and thinking about politics, I used to like the Labor Party.

Honourable members interjecting—

No, I did, because we came off the Hawke-Keating government, a reforming government that cared about business and wanted to reform the economy. What this government shows is that that was an aberration. People are saying they are the worst government since Whitlam. I think we need to change a word in that. They are worse than Whitlam.

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