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Opposition spokeswoman for foreign affairs Michaelia Cash has responded to the internal turmoil plaguing the Liberal party, following the shock exit of Andrew Hastie from Sussan Ley’s frontbench on Friday and the leak of Peter Dutton’s scathing assessment of Hastie’s performance last term.
Asked this morning on Nine’s Today Show about her party being “all over the shop”, Cash said, “there is nothing worse than politicians who only think of themselves”.
Leader of the opposition in the Senate, and foreign affairs spokesperson Senator Michaelia Cash.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“I have one job there every day, ensuring that we are putting in place mechanisms that will bring prices down, that will ensure that [Australians] can keep the lights on, but more than that, that are making their lives easier.
“So I wake up every day and I know where my fight is. My fight is with the Albanese government ... We are in a cost-of-living crisis, and that is squarely where my focus is.”
Appearing alongside Cash was Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Amanda Rishworth, who said the government refused to be distracted by what was going on in the Liberal party room.
“We’re not going to get distracted. We’re getting on with the job of governing, implementing, delivering our election commitments, and we will continue to do that,” Rishworth said.
“And you know, Michaelia’s right, people don’t like parties that are focused on themselves. Unfortunately, that’s what the Liberal Party is doing at the moment, but we’re going to get on with our job, which is governing for the Australian people.”
