Milton Dick (Oxley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Speaking about the US election this morning, Senator Ian Macdonald said, about Queenslanders at the last election: 'They also thought in Tony Abbott they had someone they could relate to'—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Oxley will resume his seat.

Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for McEwen will resume his seat. I will just ask the member for Oxley to repeat his question.

Milton Dick (Oxley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Speaking about the US election this morning, Senator Ian Macdonald said about Queenslanders at the last election: 'They also thought that, in the member for Warringah, they had someone they could relate to, and I think all those things did impact upon the result and did lead to a bigger than expected vote for Pauline Hanson.' Does the Prime Minister think Queenslanders relate to the member for Warringah in a way they do not relate to the current Prime Minister and his government?

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Members on my right: having heard the question and understanding the context of it now, I would have allowed the original question.

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

There are so many talented election commentators in the gallery above us, I will leave those analyses to them. The fact of the matter, as may have dawned on the member, is that the result of the election was: we won and you lost.