Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I certainly would be the last person to say that this government never makes mistakes and I would be the last person to say that this government does not occasionally do things that, in the cold light of day, it might wish it had not done. But to be accused by this Leader of the Opposition of attacking democracy, and of arrogantly approaching the parliament, is pretty rich given that he was Deputy Prime Minister in a government whose Prime Minister and half the ministry did not front this parliament two days out of four. He was Deputy Prime Minister in a government which in 1993 answered on average just 10 questions in question time.

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