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

One may well ask why the member for Sydney is incapable of drafting a question. The honourable member's question is based on a premise that the government have doubts about the Deputy Prime Minister's eligibility to sit in the House—and we don't. We are satisfied that he is eligible to sit in the House, so the question is based on a false premise.

One may well ask: Where is the interest from the opposition in energy prices? Where is the interest in the cashless welfare card? Where is the interest in the fact that it was the Labor Party in government through its complacency—confessed to by the member for Port Adelaide, and we do acknowledge he did finally fess up—with reckless disregard for the interests of the people they claim to represent who allowed gas prices to go through the roof—

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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