Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In the Labor government, we're going to get on with the job of delivering for the nation. But seated across from us, this rapidly diminishing opposition struggles to maintain any relevance. After removing their first-ever female leader, Sussan Ley, and then directing their preferences to One Nation, the Liberals have been sent a clear message by the voters in Farrer. Voters who have returned conservative members to this place for more than 70 years have shown their contempt for the party they once supported and defended.

The people of Farrer have no regard for Angus Taylor. They have no regard for the Liberal Party. They have no regard for the coalition. The coalition, in a funk of existential despair, is already openly discussing forming a new right-wing coalition to try to win the next election. Can you imagine it? The One Nation, Liberal Party, National Party 'no-alition'. That's right; the coalition are readying themselves to coalesce with One Nation, the very same party that voted no to combating antisemitism, hate and extremism. This year, they voted against that, yet they purport to be the defender of the strength of the nation of Australia. That's the party that the Liberal and National parties and the 'no-alition' want to join up with, the party whose senators recently equivocated on whether the massacre on our shores in December was a false flag event.

That is the party that Liberal Party and the National Party want to agree with. While the coalition is now considering a party that is all about conspiracy and division, we here in the Labor government remain focused on delivering real solutions for all Australians.