Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Wages growth is at record lows, underemployment is at record highs and the unemployment rate has increased to nearly six per cent. Is the Prime Minister still committed to his entire $50 billion tax cut for big business, a plan that the Prime Minister has previously modestly described as his greatest achievement? If not, what is left of the Prime Minister's one-point plan for jobs and growth?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Not for the first time, the Leader of the Opposition has been loose with the facts. He was preceded by the member for Sydney. In the interview that she was referring to, the journalist said, at a conference in Micronesia:

… what would you say is your greatest achievement since being Prime Minister?

I responded:

Jobs and growth—3.3 per cent economic growth, what about that? Continued strong growth in jobs. A continued strong transition from a mining construction boom to one that is more diverse.

That was my answer. If you go on for words and words, we go through the Defence white paper, innovation, superannuation, business tax cuts reform, NDIS—we talk about all those measures. The reality is that the member for Sydney and her leader have stood up here and said that I was asked what my greatest achievement was in my year as Prime Minister and that I said the business tax cut. That is completely and utterly false. The answer is there. Once again, there is no regard for the truth. Talk about post-truth politics! This is the parallel universe which they inhabit.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I think I know what is coming. Alright, let's do it—I call the Manager of Opposition Business.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Under standing order 201, I ask the Prime Minister to table the document he was reading from.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I say to the Manager of Opposition Business, he might have highlighted the need to update the standing orders but I am sure there is one that covers ridiculousness!