Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

when they enter the tax system will end up not merely paying for the welfare system in the future of their own day; they will end up paying through the contribution of their taxes to the welfare system of today because we have been unable as a parliament to determine appropriate savings. The interesting thing about your position, members opposite, is that while you have—and we are thankful that you have—agreed to at least some of the expenditure restrain that we propose, I note at the end of your media release, Member for Parramatta, you say that you would:

…continue to investigate fair ways of ensuring our Family Tax Benefits system remains targeted to those who need it most.

That is very strong: 'investigating fair ways'. The reality is we must restrain expenditure in this area. We have our suggestions on the table. You have agreed with at least a small part of those but there must be more, and if you have suggestions what are they?

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