Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Tony Abbott is a man who, for the basest motives, merely apes what he believes people want to see in him. He is the barbarian at the Liberals’ gate. By contrast, today’s Labor Party stands, as it always has, for a just and good society, a society that is unafraid of life and its problems, one that does not just curl up in a ball and seek refuge in silly slogans and catchcries—a society that embraces experiment, innovation and industry for the benefit of all, a society that values and nurtures knowledge, science and expertise and, above all, a society that leaves no-one behind, a society that is inclusive of everyone, paying no regard to their race, their creed or their religion.

Gerard Henderson wrote a history of the Liberal Party as part of the party’s 50th birthday celebration in 1994. It is entitled Menzies’ Child. Who would have thought that ‘Menzies’ child’ would be sacrificed on the altar of fear, intolerance and extremism.