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

I thank Senator Singh for that question. I've got to say that I'm touched by how concerned the Labor senators appear to be about the welfare of the Victorian Liberal Party. It's good to see that a Labor senator from Tasmania is out here expressing her concern about the future successes of the Liberal Party in Victoria. Let me just say, as I said in response to a number of questions earlier, that of course we always very carefully consider the results of elections around Australia, including and in particular the election on the weekend in the great state of Victoria. Of course we will carefully consider the lessons learned. We are very conscious of our responsibility to the Australian people to win the next election to continue to implement our plan for a stronger economy and more jobs, which will help ensure that families around Australia have the best possible opportunity to get ahead, because we understand that the alternative is the disastrous, recklessly high-taxing, antibusiness, politics of envy, socialist agenda of Mr Shorten, which would make all Australians poorer, make Australia weaker and make it harder for Australian families to get ahead. We take our responsibility to be competitive at the next federal election very seriously indeed. Of course we will consider very carefully what the Victorian people told us on the weekend and we will make judgements accordingly.