Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Will Hodgman does. Thank you, Senator Polley, for that interjection. I have called on Will Hodgman, the Leader of the Opposition in Tassie, to challenge Tony Abbott, but to date I do not think he has. Tony Abbott is going to come in and take money out of the NBN. All Tasmanians will suffer. I am wondering what the Tasmanian senators on that side of the chamber really think about that. Are they just following Tony Abbott, like little sheep all in a row, doing what he says? After all, we know who rules the Liberal Party. It is Tony Abbott and Senator Abetz. The people of Tasmania want to be very frightened that Will Hodgman does not have the moral fortitude to stand up to them and support the NBN project in Tasmania for Tasmanians.

Let me get back on track. The opposition had 12 long years in government to make some improvements, but what did they do? Nothing. All they did was rip money out of education and health. They come in here and try to rewrite history. They have this alternative history. It is like a child’s fairytale. They try to rewrite history.