Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

The constant disregarding of the Australian people's views continues in this place yet again. The reality of the election still has not hit the once great Australian Labor Party. We just saw another member, the member for Lingiari, get up here and continue the great sook that is going on on that side of the chamber—and we have got two more weeks of it in the rest of this year. The reality just has not sunk in yet for those sitting on the other side that there is a government that said to the electorate, 'We will do something,' and then you follow through and you do something. What a shock! You do not say, like the member for Isaacs did, 'There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead,' and then, three months afterwards, 'Oh, that's what we had to do to get through the election.' You do not say, like the member for Chifley, wandering around with his big red button before the election: 'Ding, ding, ding! There's more NBN. Ding, ding, ding!' The new Minister for Communications will daily take him through every little bit of embarrassment that he will have to live through for that record. I know the member for Blaxland must be very thankful that he has been given that gem of a portfolio to look after now, thanks to the member for Chifley and his efforts in government!

The truth about this debate is we have an Australian Labor Party who refuses to accept the election result—utterly refuses.

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

Don't talk to me like I'm an air hostess! This is an Australian Labor Party who absolutely refuses to accept the election result. We said prior to the election that we would—

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