James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. I'm not surprised that Labor senators are chattering like chooks in the henhouse, because they might learn something. They might learn the damage that the Labor Party have done to Australia. What we're debating here today is that hard-working households, families and small businesses are suffering under an Albanese Labor government, and things will only get worse under an Albanese-Bandt minority government. So come on down, spinner!

You've got to realise that when you go into coalition, which Labor and the Greens could do after the election—obviously, I think Peter Dutton will be Prime Minister and David Littleproud will be Deputy Prime Minister—you've got to work out who is going to take the portfolios. We know that Adam Bandt is going to be Deputy Prime Minister. The question is—I'm sorry, Greens senators over there; I'm sure that some of you might have the ability to touch ministerial leather. Of course, we could have Senator McKim being minister for education, because he did such a bang-on job when he was minister for education in Tasmania and was busily closing schools. Of course, we've got some other noted senators, such as Senator Faruqi. She could be the minister for planning—