Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

It is extraordinary to have the previous member boasting about unemployment rates that have actually risen and talking about factional politics at a time when the New South Wales Right, as represented by the member for Warringah, the former Prime Minister, is attacking the New South Wales Left, as represented by the current Prime Minister—not sure how much longer he will be there—the member for Wentworth. There is no clearer example of the division and dysfunction at the heart of this government than the former Prime Minister's stalking of the current Prime Minister. He pops up week after week: 'Here I am! Here I am! Here I am!' And here he is now on gun control. What an extraordinary reversal we see. As The Sydney Morning Herald pointed out today there is 'Townie Tony', who actually wants to crack down on guns, and 'Machine Gun Malcolm', who wants to make it easier to get these lever-action shotguns.

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