Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Sterle. We are building Australia's future. We are delivering cost-of-living relief. We are strengthening Medicare. We are building more homes. We are investing in reliable and affordable energy. And we are taking action on climate change. We are focused on delivering for all Australians.

But what we see opposite is actually not a serious opposition. You see, they no longer represent nor understand what most Australians want. They insist on chasing the political fringes, trying to outflank One Nation, Mr Joyce already having jumped ship. Of those left in the coalition, we see a bevy of leadership contenders. We see Ms Ley, Mr Hastie, Mr Taylor, Ms McIntosh—maybe even Mr Wilson. What we know is that they have no clear plan for Australians, and they are trying to drag their country to where their internal party arguments have taken them. We will focus on work—