Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I want you to tell the tale of a brave person, the kind of person who rises to speak earnestly and passionately about a book they have not read, a film they have not seen, music they have not heard. Our once and possibly future Prime Minister, Mr Abbott, is such a brave person. He waded in knee-deep, opining that the Finkel review of the Electricity Market was deficient in many respects, despite then admitting to not having read it.

It is reported that many other members of the Liberal party room, a number speculated to be as high as 20, condemned it too on the 'vibe of the thing', as that famous Australian saying goes. Twenty is, of course, a very interesting number in Liberal partyroom dynamics. It is a very good start if you are contemplating mounting a coup. It is probably Mr Abbott's bedrock. It is a number, no doubt, keeping up the Prime Minister—