Lisa Chesters (Bendigo, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Today marks a significant milestone. It is 12 months since Liberal Party and National Party members came into this place and voted for higher taxes. They voted against tax cuts. I think that moment was the moment that Australians woke up to who the Liberal Party and the National Party are today. I look at who is now on the government benches and what has happened in those 12 months. I think about the people who were here who are no longer here and the awesome contribution that the member for Moore is making, the member for Deakin is making, the member for Petrie is making, the member for Menzies is making, the member for Banks is making, the member for Bass—and the list goes on. It will be 12 months tomorrow since the Liberal Party and the National Party exposed to the Australian people just who they are. We cannot go past the former member for Dickson and how blessed we are to now have the current member for Dickson representing the Australian people in this place and, like every Labor Party member, standing up for lower taxes for all Australian workers.

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