Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Not to the veterans. No—sorry, Senator Lambie—not to them. And not to those who are victims of the fire crisis—no, not at all. It was to the Liberal Party! He wanted to use the distress, the crisis in this country and the sweat and the tears of our firefighters and our volunteers to raise money for his political party. He should be ashamed of himself. Those people on that side of the chamber should also be hanging their heads in shame. I have never, ever seen anything like that—never! It was appalling and showed lack of judgement. It also showed the arrogance of the man. It showed the arrogance of a Prime Minister who is so out of touch. He might have worked in advertising previously, but his spin and his smoke and mirrors have been exposed, and so they should be. I don't believe that the Australian people will forget his ineptitude at being Prime Minister during a time of crisis. He is a disgrace. (Time expired)