Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor promised not to change housing taxes, yet it misled. Labor promised not to change investment taxes, yet it deceived. Labor promised not to change taxes on farmers and small businesses, yet it bent the truth. The Prime Minister promised his word was his bond. When did the Prime Minister decide that the truth doesn't matter?

Hon. Members:

Honourable members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! Members on my left will cease interjecting. Members on my right! Order! The member for Bendigo is on a warning.

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

I thank the member for his very broad question. Of course, the member for Hume promised that they'd be better off if they made him leader. He promised that if they made him leader then they would have this wave of success going forward. What happened, of course, was that the member for Farrer, who wasn't even allowed to have a budget reply, was undermined from day one as the first female leader of the Liberal Party. Then he got together with the member for Canning, on the day of the funeral of one of their former colleagues, to plot removing the first female leader of the Liberal Party—and then they wondered why they had a problem with women

Of course, what we know is that the member for Hume has said himself that the best indicator of future performance is past performance. Well, this is one of the architects, along with the deputy leader—

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You're going to keep lying.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will withdraw.

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I withdraw.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The minister for infrastructure is now warned as well. When I'm dealing with the matter and asking someone to withdraw, that is highly disrespectful, just as we dealt with the matter before. I thank the Leader of the Opposition.

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

This, together with their new deputy leader, was one of the policy architects of the debacle that was the last election campaign. And that's why you can look at past performance, because they managed to go to an election saying they would oppose and reverse tax cuts, but they still had a higher deficit—higher taxes and higher deficits is what they came up with. Then, with regard to the budget the other night, they've said that this will create fights around the family dinner table. That's where they get aspiration and Australians all wrong, because not only do Australians want to get ahead but they want their children and their future generations to get ahead.

An honourable member interjecting—

And this guy interjects!

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The manager.

Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Standing order 64—would you please show the leader the respect that he deserves.

Honourable members interjecting—

This bloke—that has to stop.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes. Unfortunately, we're well down that path of not showing respect today. We just witnessed the leader having to withdraw, so I'm going to ask the Prime Minister to uphold the same standards, to direct his remarks through the Chair and to not reflect on members.

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

I expect the member for Canning will give him what he deserves very soon! It's coming, because they have no policy going forward and they have the hide to interject about division. They are the party that seeks to divide Australians. (Time expired)