Julian McGauran (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is just the same old spin. I was quite bewildered. I was quite encouraged, to tell you the truth. I was expecting more, given that you were all up late last night and you would have thought to change the direction of the party, but all we got was another version of the working family. Over and over she repeated phrases: ‘hard-working Australians’, ‘my door is open’ and ‘my love of this country’. Not one policy was changed. If you think the Australian people are just going to accept a new version of spin, you are wrong. You have miscalculated. There has to be a change in fundamental direction of policy.

This is what we will go to the election with. We already have our bumper sticker: this is a Prime Minister who is no different from the previous one. You are still playing spin. You are still playing politics with it all.