Quote #55

The Leader of the Opposition hurls all sorts of abuse at me, and all through question time those pansies over there want retractions of the things we've said about them. They are a bunch of nobodies going nowhere.

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  1. You were heard in silence, so some of you scumbags on the front bench should wait a minute until you hear the responses from me.
  2. You had an important place in Australian society on the ABC and you gave it up to be a pop star...with a big cheque...and now you're on to …
  3. ...votes for coalition members who have always been cheats, cheats, cheats and will always be cheats, cheats, cheats and will always defend…
  4. ... you can't write a cheque for taste.
  5. I'm not running a seminar for dullards on the other side.
  6. Sydney is the only place to live in Australia - the rest is camping out.
  7. You boxhead you wouldn't know. You are flat out counting past ten.
  8. ...their existense is putrid. It is absolutely putrid.

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