Sharon Claydon (Newcastle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last September when the Prime Minister disposed of the former Prime Minister, the now member for Warringah, there was a collective sigh of relief across the nation. I admit that. I was part of that, no doubt. There was renewed hope and anticipation that the new Prime Minister, who did what he had to do to wrest the top job might actually be a man of conviction. Do you know what? The one thing that is even worse than the most unpopular Prime Minister Australia has ever had is the new Prime Minister, who says one thing before he becomes leader and then parks all his convictions and his moral compass to one side when it comes to making a decision. So all those people who were looking for some hope on marriage equality, some hope on Australia becoming a republic, some hope around delivering on climate change or some hope on delivering a real national broadband network for the country have been sorely let down. There is no doubt that this man who promised intelligent debate and greater economic leadership has let down this nation. There is no doubt about that at all. The new Malcolm is a very different man to the old Malcolm, apparently. The new Malcolm sold his soul to get the top job last time around. (Time expired)