Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I hear them chirping away about going to an early election. I don't think they want an election right now. We've heard a bit of chat in recent days about the formation of a new minor party in our politics in this country. The most efficient way to create a minor party in Australia is to put the member for Hume in charge of a major one, and that's why they are so stroppy this week. The fair go must be a defining characteristic of our future, not just the defining characteristic of our past, and that's what our legislation is all about.

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