James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) | Hansard source

I won't repeat it. It is unconditionally withdrawn. But it's interesting that the Labor Party are very scared because the Prime Minister is being found out for his relationship with the truth. Quite frankly, there is no relationship with the truth. The truth is in the room, the Prime Minister enters and the truth immediately leaves that room.

I have two young nieces, Sophia and Josephine, and I was explaining to them what happens in politics, what happens with the Prime Minister and what he says during an election campaign, when he promises to cut people's power bills 97 times but then puts up people's power bills, and he promises not to change negative gearing or capital gains tax and then reverses that promise. Do you know what they said? They said he's a 'capper'. That's youth-speak for someone who doesn't tell the truth. The Prime Minister is a yappy capper. He has capped constantly about anything to do with the economy, he's capped about inheritance taxes, he's capped about capital gains tax, he's capped about changes to negative gearing and he's certainly capped about power bills. It is very disappointing that the Prime Minister sets such a poor example to all Australians, but particularly young Australians, where he is someone who is in a different room when the truth is being told.