Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I second the motion. I tell you what—there is a lot of hubris in the House on that side. There is a lot of hubris within the Canberra bubble. Yesterday, while the government got together and the Prime Minister was making jokes about the Australian people, talking about MAFS and other things, I was out in my community talking to community members. Someone said to me yesterday that they are shocked and scared. They are shocked and scared about 2.30 this afternoon. They are shocked and scared about what the RBA is going to do. And there is a reason they are scared. They are struggling to put food on the table.

The reason this government continues to fail is because it has no scrutiny. This prime minister has no scrutiny within his caucus. The backbench of the Labor Party know very clearly that they cannot follow their own conscience. The backbench of the government know that, if they go against the Prime Minister, what happens to them is that they're out. They get kicked out of the government. They get kicked out of the ALP.

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