David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

A grand deceit. That grand deceit is this: obstruct, oppose and destroy the government’s agenda in this place and then cruise through the suburbs and regions of this country proclaiming that this is a government that has not kept its promises. That is the grand deceit upon which those opposite seek to run an election campaign. We hope that the people of Australia can see through this grand deceit. We hope that they can see through the lack of substance that characterises the paper-thin public policy offerings of those opposite. That is true of the Fuelwatch scheme, for example. Once again, we saw a Labor promise frustrated in this place and now those opposite roll around in mirth at their own cunning plan to destroy a Labor promise in this place and then make hay out of it in the electorate. But most dramatically it is true on climate change policy, where, after having successfully sabotaged—and there is no other word for it— (Time expired)