Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks you, Mr Acting Deputy President. I always know that I have hit a nerve when Senator McKenzie has to interject or pull up a point of order because she does not like to hear the truth. The reality is that obviously you do not go out into the community and listen to people. You might go out into the community and talk to them, because that is probably what you do best, but you should try listening to the community. Quite frankly, this government needs to listen to the community because the community are not happy. Those on the other side who have on occasions actually demonstrated some compassion need to be stronger voices in their caucus to ensure that this government looks after older Australians and that it looks after those most vulnerable in our community, because the Australian people deserve nothing less. This government has been a failure for the last two years and there is no sign of it improving in the near future.