Ed Husic (Chifley, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Science) Share this | Hansard source

Understood, and I totally withdraw. But what we did have to deal with was Liberal and National parties who haven't used the time going into opposition to reflect, to think about doing things differently. Instead, they've blown the dust off the old Tony Abbott handbook and are doing exactly what Tony Abbott did—say no to everything.

Can I just say, on behalf of an anxious nation, Leader of the Opposition: please don't become this generation's Tony Abbott.

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