Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Thank you, Senator. What I would say to you is that the Prime Minister has always acted to advance the cause of Labor and to ensure that the government's agenda continues to be implemented. I want to respond with a point about collective decision-making. We believe, on this side of the chamber, that collective decision-making is about the group being more powerful and more wise than any one individual. I would say to this chamber that that truth is demonstrated by the history of this nation and the progress that Labor has delivered on Medicare, the minimum wage, social welfare, paid parental leave, superannuation, the Sex Discrimination Act, the Racial Discrimination Act, the abolition of the white Australia policy, Mabo, land rights and the removal of discrimination against LGBT Australians. (Time expired)