House debates Matters of Public Importance

Budget

Tuesday, 8 May 2012 House of Representatives

Bert Van Manen

Bert Van Manen Forde, Liberal Party

4:48 pm

We have not benefited from the Pink Batts program that cost four lives. I was talking about the blow-out, Craig. Just listen to what I am saying. You do not want to listen to anything else we are saying.

Australians cannot see the sense in the blow-out from the set-top box scheme. I have had seniors call my office wondering why, when they can get a cheap set-top box from Harvey Norman for $150, it cost several hundred dollars to install it under the government's program. The spending spree just continues.

The NBN is another classic example: extra funds being spent on the NBN without a proper business plan, without a cost-benefit analysis. How much money is in there that could be redirected to other programs to solve some of the problems we have in our community?

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