Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I was responding, of course, to an interjection from those opposite. Let me make three points. I made two before, so I'll make three and see if they get it. One is that I am satisfied with the current number of seats in the House of Representatives. That's 150, with 12 senators from each state. That's point 1. Point 2 is that I'm also very satisfied with the composition of the current parliament!

A government member interjecting

There are some over there as well; it's true. And I like some of those over there too, to be fair!

Point 3 is that I have been very privileged to have the best campaign director I've ever seen in Paul Erickson. If I were to say to Paul Erickson, 'We've got 94 seats, but how about we throw it all up in the air and see how it lands?' I reckon Paul Erickson would have a pretty clear response.

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