Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

When you take the lives and destinies of other people in your hands and when you represent them, you owe it to them to do your best, you owe it to them to tell them the truth and that is what I have done right through my life. But not the Leader of the Opposition—he has hidden one payment after another, one cash payment from an employer after another. He would not even tell his members the truth about a political donation. That is what we are talking about here: we are talking about character, conviction and commitment. The Leader of the Opposition lacks them all. He would not stand up for anybody, apart from himself.

I have built businesses, I have employed workers, I have striven to employ more Australians in more jobs in more businesses and now, as Prime Minister, I and all of my government stand up for Australians, defending their jobs, securing their future. What does the Leader of the Opposition do? He sells them out, just like he sold out the members of the AWU—just like he would sell out Australia if he got to run it like union.

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