Ed Husic (Chifley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Bad news, as the member for Greenway rightly says. Always, all of the measures have gone backwards. We have here the member for Kooyong as the Assistant Treasurer. Again, they are saying, 'We are not going to stand still.' Member for Kooyong, the public wants to see us have a tax system that is fit for purpose and that is not being gamed by multinationals. They want to see some response. The member for Kooyong spent most of his time defending inaction—a failure to actually act on that rate. He mentioned project approvals, like that was the hard work of the government. The government had to tick off on an approval, and they are claiming credit for it. They are not claiming credit for all the other stuff that is happening in the economy that is going backwards—they are not acknowledging that. This is the problem with the government: they have no creativity, imagination or ability to guide the economy through. All they will do is deliver us division, argument and politicking, but they will not deliver what the people want: jobs, growth and a stronger future.

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