Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Is it not the case that the Prime Minister's series of disastrous captain's picks continues to completely paralyse this government?

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yet another piece of empty bombast from a Leader of the Opposition who has no answers for the questions facing our country. I want to make it absolutely crystal clear that, every day, this government is focused on jobs growth and community safety. Whether it is setting an environmentally strong and economically responsible emissions reduction target, whether it is spearheading a national mobilisation against the scourge of ice, whether it is ensuring that the boats stay stopped, whether it is ensuring a strong national security response to the challenges of our time, this government is getting on with the job. We are getting on with the job. I say to members opposite: just for once, why not stop playing politics and actually engage—actually engage—in the big challenges facing our country?