Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Tangney; thank you, Mr Speaker. On this occasion the member for Tangney is right: of course it will be passed on to consumers. By conceding that grocery and petrol prices will go up, the coalition’s mad uncle and the member for Tangney have let the cat out of the bag. They have let the cat out of the bag again—and what a dirty, smelly animal it is! The Leader of the Opposition’s paid parental leave scheme is nothing but a great big new tax on everything.

This is an opposition leader who feigns concern for working families and mothers. It is a funny way to show your concern for working families and mothers—to whack them with a great big new tax on everything. The government’s paid parental leave scheme is affordable and it is responsible. If the opposition leader was fair dinkum he would support our responsible, affordable paid parental leave scheme instead of his great big new tax on everything.

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