Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

So what we have is an opposition that is mired in this culture of irrelevant complaint. They complain that we do not keep promises. They complain even louder when we do keep promises. All they ever do is complain. They are just the national complaints bureau; they are simply irrelevant. The Leader of the Opposition has dealt the Labor Party out of the national conversation, out of a constructive contribution to our national life. We will deal with the parliament, including the crossbench, that the people elected and with the people who are prepared to deal with us. That is what people expect and that is what we intend to do.

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