I congratulate my friend and former boss, Anne Stanley, on her re-election as the member for Werriwa over the weekend. I also congratulate Dr Mike Freelander on his re-election as the member for Macarthur. And just to show that I am not a partisan hack, I also congratulate Angus Taylor on his re‑election as the member for Hume. They are the three Federal electorates that cover my electorate. I congratulate Thomas Huang on his campaign as a Labor candidate. He had a bit of a short run‑up, but I know he worked very hard to pursue the Labor case during that election. I also thank Anne's hardworking staff and all the volunteers in the area. I give a special mention to Shannen Potter, who ran the campaign on behalf of Anne. It was a very hard-fought campaign. A lot of money was spent by the opponent, but I think that worked against him. A couple of volunteers contacted me to ask me to get involved after seeing the way that the campaign was being run by the opponent.

Last night in this House I tried to touch on some of the tactics used by Anne's opponent, but was repeatedly interrupted by the member for Hawkesbury, which unfortunately meant I did not get to share some of the anecdotes. But it has given me a bit more time to tell some more anecdotes about the way this campaign was run. One story I tried to tell last night was about a resident whose door was repeatedly knocked on by volunteers for the Liberal candidate. A group of four men knocked on a constituent's door and asked who she was voting for. She said it was none of their business. They came back repeatedly with the candidate. They rang her. She got text messages. It was not until she spoke to her neighbour and her neighbour said, "I just told them I was voting for him and they left me alone," that they left this woman alone.

Another anecdote from a Facebook page is about a person who returned home from shopping to see a man cable-tying the opponent's poster to her front fence. She asked him politely to remove it but was abused and asked why it should not be there because she already had an Ann Stanley poster on her property. A volunteer told her that Ann Stanley was rubbish and the poster should be replaced with the Liberal candidate's. There are many other anecdotes I could share. I have spoken about the volunteer who, on the second day of pre-poll, attempted to stand over me then screamed at me for about four or five minutes until the candidate pulled him away. The Electoral Commission sent out an email that said it almost came to a physical altercation.

I do not want to go too far into this subject, but there was also footage on Channel 7 of Liberal volunteers ripping down an opponent's sign. The gentleman who stood over me and who ripped down one of those signs is, in fact, a senior electorate officer for a member of this House. I will not name the person or the member, but I will say that there are some very decent people on that side of the House—and I include you as one of them, Madam Temporary Speaker Di Pasqua. The Liberal Party faces a bit of a journey over the next few months, both federally and at a State level. It needs to decide the values it stands for. It is incumbent on the decent people in that party to stand up, draw a line in the sand and decide what country we want to be and what type of party the Liberal Party wants to be.

We have good government in this country when we have good opposition. Labor Party members have been patting themselves on the back. We will probably have several terms federally. The Liberal Party is in trouble but it is important to our democracy that we have a healthy opposition. I call on the decent members of the Liberal Party to speak out, stand up and call out some of the tactics we saw not just in Werriwa but in places like Reid, Parramatta, Bennelong and right across the country. I think we will all benefit as a result of that. I congratulate everyone who ran in the campaign. It is very difficult to put up your hand for elected office. I again ask the Liberal Party to reflect on its values and the kind of party it wants to be going forward.