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

If there is a national emergency today, it is not criticism of this government which constitutes a national emergency; it is the work of this government which constitutes a national emergency. I say this to the Australian people: if you want to stop the boats you have to change the government, if you want to stop the tax you have to change the government and if you want to restore decency to our public life you have to change the government. It does not matter how many times he gives a press conference outside a church on Sundays, nothing that he says can actually be believed.

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