Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Once again, the Liberals, the Nationals and One Nation have disgraced themselves over the last two weeks. When Australians look to this place for calm, resolute leadership, what they see on one-half of the chamber is a desperate ploy for partisan advantage every time there is a national challenge. What Australians want to see when there is a national change is political leaders acting in the national interest.

There's a bit of a cycle here. A national challenge emerges. It is greeted by Mr Taylor and his friends with outrage, anger, division and misinformation. It moves on, and the stocks of the Liberals and the Nationals get lower. Then we meet the next national challenge; there is anger, outrage, misinformation and disinformation, and they sink lower still. (Time expired)