George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I remind the minister about her comments regarding the Labor leadership last year when she said:

My view is you need to think about who do you think is the best person to be Prime Minister? Who has the temperament, who has the character, who has the determination and the discipline? And my view is that person is Prime Minister Gillard.

Isn't her decision to abandon Ms Gillard and to support a person, whom she previously considered inadequate, to the office of Prime Minister all about her own self-interest and nothing to with the national interest?