Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We have had a spectacle of policy consistency today—those up on their feet today attacking the emissions trading scheme, five weeks ago out there supporting it, cuddling up. Why is it that those opposite cannot figure out that, if you are going to be believed on climate change, you actually have to stand for something and stick to your views? Half of those opposite voted for the position put forward by the former Leader of the Opposition, the member for Wentworth; half of them didn’t. But when more than half of them eventually got behind him, what did they do? They rolled the leader. What do you think that says to the Australian community?

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