Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We have seen Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop conspire to assassinate a Prime Minister purely to serve their own egos and ambitions. This is a deeply divided, dysfunctional government that is completely and utterly consumed by itself. Mr Turnbull said:

It is absolutely vital to win the respect of the public and indeed of the media itself, to stand your ground, stand up for what you believe in and not be bullied into an echo chamber.

Let me remind the House that he voted against same-sex marriage. He voted against tobacco plain packaging. He voted against the carbon price. He voted against increasing the scrutiny of asylum seeker management. He voted against implementation of refugee protection. He voted strongly against the protection of Australia's fresh water. He voted strongly against increasing marine conservation. He also voted strongly against restricting foreign ownership, strongly against increasing investment in renewable energy, and against increasing Aboriginal land rights. He also voted strongly against increasing funding for university education. He voted strongly against keeping the indexation of pensioner support payments in line with CPI. He has voted strongly against increasing the availability of welfare payments, but he voted strongly for increasing and removing the debt limit, for unconventional gas mining—CSG—and for decreasing ABC and SBS funding. Australians know that, even if you have changed the jockey, you still have the same anti-jobs horse that Malcolm Turnbull now leads.