Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House:

(1) notes the Prime Minister:

  (a) is incapable of expressing regret and admitting when he is wrong;

  (b ) blames others and attempts to cover up his failings with false or misleading claims, including but in no way limited to the Prime Minister's:

     (i) claim the response to the national bushfire crisis was a matter for the states and territories;

     (ii) claim volunteer firefighters didn't need compensation because they wanted to be there;

     (iii) statement that he didn't hold a hose when Australians were looking to him for national leadership in an unprecedented bushfire crisis; and

     (iv) claim he had a conversation with a bushfire survivor who had lost everything when he instead forced her to shake his hand only to turn his back when she asked for help; and

  (c) can't learn from his mistakes if he never admits them; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to put the national interest ahead of his political interest.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:

(1) notes the Prime Minister:

  (a) is incapable of expressing regret and admitting when he is wrong;

  (b )blames others and attempts to cover up his failings with false or misleading claims, including but in no way limited to the Prime Minister's:

     (i) claim the response to the national bushfire crisis was a matter for the states and territories;

     (ii) claim volunteer firefighters didn't need compensation because they wanted to be there;

     (iii) statement that he didn't hold a hose when Australians were looking to him for national leadership in an unprecedented bushfire crisis; and

     (iv) claim he had a conversation with a bushfire survivor who had lost everything when he instead forced her to shake his hand only to turn his back when she asked for help; and

  (c) can't learn from his mistakes if he never admits them; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to put the national interest ahead of his political interest.

The fact is that this government has just been—

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