Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

What words of wisdom we have from the member for Moreton. Let me pick up one thing that the member for Moreton said in relation to false ads. The ads that we saw in the election campaign in relation to Medicare were an absolute disgrace. They were designed to scare older Australians. They were designed to cause fear and concern among some of our most vulnerable. The fact that you have even raised false advertising is an absolute and utter joke. Frankly, the member for Moreton should hang his head in shame at the way Labor scared our older Australians. I know that so many people on election day and leading up to election day just shook their heads in horror.

Today we have had some wonderful incitement from the members opposite. We have parallels with one of my favourite programs, Get Smart. In relation to Get Smart, I think I can say that Kevin Rudd was no Maxwell Smart. Julia Gillard was no Agent 99, and Bill Shorten is certainly no Chief Thaddeus; but there was chaos all around. Four surpluses never delivered—it was chaos. Record debt; record deficit; in fact it was even worse than that—

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