Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I say very slowly again: on the weekend we had a state election. My very good friend and valued colleague the member for Deakin, Mr Sukkar, is an outstanding representative for his local community in the federal parliament, and at the next election, as he did at the last election, he will be asking the people in Deakin to continue to support his efforts to deliver better outcomes for the people of Deakin and indeed for people right across Australia. Mr Sukkar is a valued member of the Morrison team.

I can see that the Labor Party is getting more and more cocky. Senator Collins has just declared the result in Deakin at the next election. She's giving Antony Green on the ABC a run for his money. We know Mr Shorten's already out there trying to measure for curtains and carpet in the Lodge, as one of his predecessor opposition leaders did 17 or so years ago. Let me tell you: if you continue to be this cocky, the Australian people will not reward you for it. The Australian people will not reward you for this sort of cockiness, as they didn't in 2001.