Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

The reason why I mentioned the former government's pathetic model was that this was the contest at the last election, and the Australian people very clearly voted for the model that the Labor Party took to the election and the principles that we outlined at the election. The Australian people didn't buy the model that the Liberal and National parties had. They knew that those opposite would never a deliver a watchdog with teeth. But we will. We will do it this week. This government stands ready to deliver, and I call on the whole parliament to join us in that task.

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