Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to all those questions is yes. As the Prime Minister has indicated, he will be making announcements for a future cabinet in due course. Can I indicate that we serve at the pleasure of the leader and we do so on a daily basis irrespective of who might be leader. We continue to serve for the benefit of the people of Australia. Whilst Senator Conroy might want to play personality games, we are getting on with the policy imperatives that this country so desperately needs. We know the legacy left to us by the Australian Labor Party, a legacy of deficit and debt that will hang around the neck of the next generation unless decisive action is taken—the sort of decisive action that has seen over $50,000 million cut from the budget. (Time expired)