Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

I listened to you in silence, which was no doubt appropriate, and I am sure that you will be able to do that while I am speaking. We know that the Leader of the Opposition has a commitment to the republic. That is good, and there has been good cross-party work on it. But now that he is the Leader of the Opposition, he and even the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, whom we know has a committed public interest in this issue, want to walk away from that. So the reason I raise this is that I am now confused about what it is that you stand for. What is it that the new Leader of the Opposition stands for?

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