Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will withdraw it, but it was not me that tagged him the ‘mad uncle’ but his mate the member for North Sydney. Do you feel better? Dry your eyes, you lot over there, because the truth will not stop. We have another one in the member for Tangney. He has come out and made a fantastic statement in relation to Mr Abbott’s wild thought bubble that translated into: ‘Oh my God, we’re going down in the polls. Women can’t stand me. I’ve got to resurrect this.’ The member for Tangney warned the leader that if he does pre-emptively produce a policy again—without consulting his caucus, I suppose that means—there will be quite a few people lining up to give him a smack. There you go. If the member for O’Connor and the member for Tangney get it and Senator Joyce, our esteemed colleague from Queensland gets it, of the 41 people who did not vote for Mr Abbott as leader, what are your thoughts?