QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (14:25): To ensure that our country can meet the challenges and demands of the future, we need to make sure that the health sector has enough skilled workers. We're backing those workers with wage rises and tax cuts. But, of course, the One Nation and Liberal partnership want to dig into their pockets and rip thousands of dollars out.

It really is hard to know what the point of the Liberal Party is anymore. Who are you? What do you stand for?

You've got a leader in Angus Taylor, who's being directed by his mentor, Tony Abbott, to pander to the hard right and who doesn't know whether he's for a monoculture or a multiculture. You've got a leader in waiting in Andrew Hastie, who says he 'won't bend the knee' to One Nation. You've got senators like Senator Antic who are already wearing their One Nation orange ties before they jump ship.

But then you've got others like Senator Scarr who celebrate multiculturalism. The One Nation-Liberal partnership won't help Australians. The One Nation-Liberal partnership just means more cuts, more chaos and more division.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt, I remind you to refer to those in the other place by their correct titles.