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

I have seen no such reports, and the answer to your question is no. Senator Singh, really—if you wonder why you're on that side of the chamber and we're on this side of the chamber, it's because all you're interested in is political intrigue. You have no interest whatsoever in policy. Meanwhile, Senator Singh, the government has, since its election, presided over the creation of 825,000 new jobs in this country. Since the beginning of this year, we have seen the greatest rate of jobs growth in Australia in more than 23 years, and 85 per cent of those new jobs created since the beginning of this year have been full-time jobs.

Meanwhile, as Senator Birmingham has just been explaining, and as I tried to explain to your colleagues in previous question times, the energy policy announced by the Prime Minister and Mr Frydenberg is a game changer for Australian energy policy that will stop the rise in energy prices and result in a reduction in energy prices. Meanwhile, I might say, if I can expand on Senator Birmingham's remarks, the LNP in Queensland has announced its own energy policy, which will see the reduction in electricity prices to Queensland households of up to $460 per year.

Now, Senator Singh, those are the sorts of positive outcomes for the Australian people you can get if you actually devote some of your energy to working on policy, as Tim Nicholls and his team in the LNP in Queensland have done. But if all you're interested in is political gossip and political intrigue, as you are, over there is where you will stay.