Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

If it assists, I will withdraw and I will rephrase it—opposed a royal commission into child sexual abuse. The writers of Utopia would not have dreamed of something as obscene as the debate now occurring in this place. The great hypocrisy was Western Australian voters have seen through those opposite, because the great hypocrisy is, you are talking about a voice. Well, I tell you what. What is the point of having a voice if you do not listen?

For the last 12 months in Western Australia, we have had a conga line of local communities—you know this, Senator Cox—coming here and begging to retain the cashless debit card. These are local communities who wanted the card, who had positive results. They came here to the Prime Minister begging those opposite to keep this card and it fell on completely deaf ears. So the irony of you talking about a voice and then not listening when local community leaders come here is absolutely shameless and devastating for the local communities.

Let me remind you of the things that you refused to listen to and what leaders from our local communities have said.