Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, and I will. It is a little bit ironic that the current Leader of the Opposition was a member of the Labor Party and he is about to be replaced by the shadow Treasurer who wanted to be a member of the Labor Party. Then again, you have a Leader of the Nationals in the Senate who is not even a member of that particular party. There is a sort a bizarre world going on in opposition. I do feel a little bit sorry for you. In time you will work it out. It will settle down and you will start to focus on some of the issues that actually impact upon Australian people.

One of the other things I found interesting in what Senator Eggleston talked about is their sudden new-found interest in looking after the most vulnerable Australians. I find that a little bit strange coming from an opposition that, when in government not long ago, introduced one of the most evil, pernicious pieces of legislation called Work Choices that systematically ripped away the wages and conditions of Australians. And do you know which Australians were most affected?