Julian Hill (Bruce, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The topic for this debate is how the government's failure to deliver is hurting everyday Australians and it really does go to the very heart of what is wrong with this government and this Prime Minister. Everything is political. Truth doesn't matter anymore. You can just say stuff; delivery doesn't matter. You just pop up and say stuff. You don't have to actually do the hard business of governing and delivering. You actually just say stuff. It is all about spin and marketing. The Prime Minister makes the announcements but he never delivers. It is all about the photo-op—the daggy dad, the dodgy little hat; 'I'm just an ordinary suburban guy,' who happens to be the Prime Minister and a former Liberal Party hack; 'Just an ordinary suburban dad, I am.' He's a fake. He was the head of Tourism Australia—

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