Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Unfortunately—and, coming from Senator Moore, I say particularly unfortunately—this is clearly a despicable and deliberately misleading slur against my party in Queensland. Senator Moore spoke about the candidate for Thuringowa and in the next breath talked about LNP preferences for One Nation. Let me be very, very, very clear about this. In the electorate of Thuringowa, the LNP is, heaven forbid, preferencing the Labor Party before One Nation. Senator Moore knows that.

There is no deal from the LNP in Queensland with One Nation on anything—preferences or otherwise. But the ALP in Queensland is run, controlled and financed by the union movement. I was in Cairns a couple of weeks ago, and the union movement had a roadside stall with placards they were waving around that said, 'Put the LNP last!' If you put the LNP last, that means the Labor Party and their backers in Queensland are preferencing One Nation before the LNP.

I would like to have Senator Moore say the same words about her backers and funders, the union movement, who are there putting One Nation before the LNP. All the fine words you said, Senator Moore, about domestic violence and violence against women, you would equally say about your union mates, who are urging voters in Queensland to put the LNP last, which, by extension—and you don't have to be very bright to work this out—means that the ALP will be preferencing One Nation before the LNP.