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

():I thank the member for Adelaide for her question. Unlike the Labor opposition, the government will not promise money first and then seek to negotiate outcomes later. The Labor Party has no credibility when it comes to big spending proposals, as they have no way of funding them. Let me just read again for the benefit of the opposition the South Australian Labor Premier's thoughts on the Leader of the Opposition's chances of delivering on his schools policy. Premier Weatherill said:

… we haven't seen any coherent or sustainable way in which that is going to be funded.

That is the judgement not of the coalition, not of the minister for education, not of any Liberal premier. That is their own Labor premier understanding keenly the realities of the school system over which he presides. We should not be surprised by this. The Labor Party has form, and it is consistent. They made funding commitments in the out years when they were last in government, beyond the forward estimates. They are making huge promises again, which are unfunded and undeliverable.

Ms Macklin interjecting—

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