Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Our approach is built on partnership. Those opposite's approach is built on cuts. We see in Queensland what is happening with the Campbell Newman government; we see that it is misguided to the point now where some of his own MPs are walking away. It appears that one in four voters want, of all things, Clive Palmer to take the wheel, so it does show you just how desperate things have become in Queensland. This is the same Mr Palmer who wants to build a new Titanic. We know he does not have to look far beyond the Liberal Party for that.

We also know that the Nationals in Queensland are reaching for the lifeboats. We see the Red Cross workers are being defunded. We know that AIDS prevention programs have been cut. We know that rehab for women in prisons is gone. We know that the BoysTown job placement scheme has been shut down. And we have seen the employment assistance for people with special needs cut by $7 million. (Time expired)