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| Julie Collins hits back after Liberals mock her speech in campaign video | Julie Collins hits back after Liberals mock her speech in campaign video |
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| The federal minister for housing and homelessness, Julie Collins, has accused the Liberal party of "resorting to negative personal attacks" after they released a campaign video lampooning her. | The federal minister for housing and homelessness, Julie Collins, has accused the Liberal party of "resorting to negative personal attacks" after they released a campaign video lampooning her. |
| The video, uploaded to YouTube, shows a short moment from a press conference in 2010 when Collins was left stumbling for words and adds the tagline: "Labor's newest minister talks tax." | The video, uploaded to YouTube, shows a short moment from a press conference in 2010 when Collins was left stumbling for words and adds the tagline: "Labor's newest minister talks tax." |
| The Liberal party's video has ignited debate on Twitter, with some users describing it as offensive to those with speech impediments, and many others describing it as a cheap personal attack. | The Liberal party's video has ignited debate on Twitter, with some users describing it as offensive to those with speech impediments, and many others describing it as a cheap personal attack. |
| Collins, however, wouldn't be drawn on whether the video had personally offended her or if she had been a victim of misogyny. | Collins, however, wouldn't be drawn on whether the video had personally offended her or if she had been a victim of misogyny. |
| She said that the video was designed to make her performance at the press conference look markedly worse. | She said that the video was designed to make her performance at the press conference look markedly worse. |
| "Well that was in 2010, as I said. More than three years ago. It was a long interview of three to four minutes. They've taken a short space, they've spliced it, and it really is just showing the Liberal party has no policies, nothing positive to talk about. All they want to do is attack people and put up negative ads," she said. | "Well that was in 2010, as I said. More than three years ago. It was a long interview of three to four minutes. They've taken a short space, they've spliced it, and it really is just showing the Liberal party has no policies, nothing positive to talk about. All they want to do is attack people and put up negative ads," she said. |
| At a press conference earlier on Friday, Collins responded to questions about comments Joe Hockey had made on breakfast television, where he stated that the newly appointed cabinet minister was not up to the job. | At a press conference earlier on Friday, Collins responded to questions about comments Joe Hockey had made on breakfast television, where he stated that the newly appointed cabinet minister was not up to the job. |
| "That's just ridiculous," she said. "The Liberal party are just resorting to negative personal attacks because they have nothing positive to say about Tasmania, or about Australia, and they're just resorting to these types of attacks." | "That's just ridiculous," she said. "The Liberal party are just resorting to negative personal attacks because they have nothing positive to say about Tasmania, or about Australia, and they're just resorting to these types of attacks." |
| Collins is Tasmania's only minister in the Rudd government and was promoted to cabinet earlier this week. | Collins is Tasmania's only minister in the Rudd government and was promoted to cabinet earlier this week. |
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