Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Why do the Labor Party always seek to divide? Why do the Labor Party always seek to pursue arguments based on selective quotes and to contort different statements that others have made? Why do the Labor Party always seek to make sure they personalise the argument, as they do against Mr Morrison time and time again? Why are the Labor Party so grubby in all of their tactics that they deploy?

Last week it was revealed that they are paying people to put content on TikTok personally attacking the Prime Minister. That's what the Labor Party are up to. They're using the Chinese-owned TikTok website to go after the Prime Minister in the most personal way they can. Why are they doing all of this? Because they're not willing to talk about their own policies. That's what was clear when Mr Chalmers yesterday refused to rule out tax hikes, refused to say where they might spend any money and refused to detail their policies—because they're just about a vicious personal smear campaign.