Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

No Nationals have had a question today, but there's always hope!

Since the government came to office in May 2022, more than 1.2 million jobs have been created. Of course, one of those jobs has been created a few times over, and that's the leader of the coalition. While we're focused on creating more jobs for Australians, the new leader of the opposition's sole focus is on protecting his own. What other reason is there for him announcing his willingness to do preferences with One Nation? He's someone who wants to return to Howard-style conservatism, but he won't follow John Howard's principled decision to put One Nation last. That decision is certainly not following recommendation 16 of the Liberal's secret election review, which states:

Broadening the support base is necessary if the Party is to reflect modern Australia.

When the authors of that review said that they need to broaden the base, I don't think they were talking about Bolt and Credlin; they were talking about a wide range of Australians, including Australian workers, who deserve every pay rise they've got under a Labor government.