Senate debates
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Questions without Notice
Cost of Living
2:30 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source
We know the working people of Australia won't stand for Peter Dutton's cuts, and I reckon some of those opposite are starting to know that too. As we heard on Insiders over the weekend, the coalition are turning on each other more every day. They've started leaking, briefing against the Leader of the Opposition and undermining the shadow Treasurer. One described the shadow Treasurer's Insiders interview as 'very strange'—putting it kindly! We even heard on the weekend that, apparently, supporters of Angus Taylor are keeping a hit list of people who have been leaking against him. They're checking that list twice and they're going to find out who's naughty and who's nice, because Angus Taylor is coming to town!
Even today we see a new article in the Sydney Morning Herald headlined, '"The leaking has to stop": Dutton warns dissent will cost seats.' They are now leaking about directives not to leak against each other:
Several MPs at the meeting, not authorised to speak about it publicly, said Dutton warned internal dissent could cost a few seats—
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