Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to let you in on a dirty little secret. The parliament is not going to be sitting this Friday; instead, the parliament will be brought back by the government to sit on Saturday. And, apparently, one of the reasons is that the Australian Labor Party have organised a fundraiser for themselves on the Friday. It is called the Whitlam anniversary event. Now, isn't that extraordinary!

But there's another anniversary that our dear comrades are not celebrating this week. This Saturday also commemorates a very important anniversary. This Saturday will be 12 months to the day since this Prime Minister first looked the Australian people in the eye and promised them that their household power bills would be reduced by $275. But I tell you what: they're not going to have a fundraiser for that anniversary! They won't be out there celebrating that. They will let Australian businesses and the Australian people live in pain, as they go and celebrate. That's the Labor Party!

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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