Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

This government is frightened. It's frightened by democracy, frightened by parliament and frightened by the very transparency that it repeatedly promised. In opposition, Labor promised to shine a light on politics and bring back accountability. I want to play a little pop quiz now as to who said this: 'My government is unashamedly an open government.' Who said that? The Prime Minister. 'I'm not frightened of scrutiny and transparency.' Who said that? The Prime Minister. 'We're shining sunlight on a shadow government that preferred to operate in darkness, a government that operated in a cult of secrecy and a culture of cover-up and which arrogantly dismissed scrutiny from the parliament and the public as a mere inconvenience.' Who said that?

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