Andrew Leigh (Fenner, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The fact is that the Minister for Energy is now hyperventilating over a policy killed not by Labor but by his own party room. His own party room killed the big stick.

Mr Taylor interjecting—

So, Minister, don't go shouting at me. Turn around and start shouting at the people behind you, because the people behind you are the ones who've rejected your big stick, along with the Australian people.

The notion that the Liberals are a party of competition rather than a party of crony capitalism flies in the face of the traditions of the Liberal Party in supporting every single monopoly and tax loophole it can find. The Liberal Party is the party of the big end of town, and no—I feel as though the Assistant Treasurer wants to say something, but I'm happy to keep on speaking. The minister has no credibility when it comes to arguing for competition. Labor's competition policies—the Deputy Speaker may give the Assistant Treasurer the call or she may not, but I'll keep on speaking until she chooses to do that. The fact is that if you want to understand crony capitalism you need look no further than the Fadden Forum, an outfit which was given a donation by a firm that then went into liquidation owing money to the Australian taxpayer.

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