Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Yet again, that is an utterly false statement by a Leader of the Opposition who cannot help himself—he is always playing false. The member for Grayndler did not like Mark Latham being quoted in this place, but the member for Grayndler and every member opposite wanted that person to be Prime Minister. So he was good enough to be supported to be Prime Minister, and let me just read his views on the gentleman who is currently the Leader of the Opposition: 'When I first became leader, Bill Ludwig and little Billy Shorten pledged AWU support for me, but you can't trust them as far as you can kick them.' Well, you can't trust anything that this Leader of the Opposition says. That is the truth.

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