Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Labor Party is weak on economic management and the Labor Party is weak on national security. We know that and the Australian people know that. But what the Australian people did not know until this sitting of parliament was that the Labor Party is also deeply, deeply divided.

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Very clearly, they are upset about this. I'd love to take an interjection, but these are actually cries from people who want help, because they know that they are so divided. Do they support Australia's largest export industry or not? They have two different views. Do they support the use of Christmas Island for medical treatment or not? Their heads are down because they know that they are divided. They have two very different views.

The Australian people have always known that the Labor Party is weak on national security and that the Labor Party is weak when it comes to managing the economy. What they now know is that the Labor Party is also deeply, deeply divided.

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

In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.