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

The Leader of the Opposition has no plan for child care whatsoever. He claims to talk about his concern for Australian families. He claims to be concerned about the rising cost of living. He has no plan for child care at all—none, nothing—and, certainly, no means of paying for one whatsoever. We have heard the member for Jagajaga many times saying, 'Social welfare reforms have to be paid for.' Well, that is no longer the case with Labor in opposition. They have no plans to pay for child care at all. He talks about wages and the importance of protecting wages. Yet, as the leader of a union, he traded away penalty rates again and again, and did so in return for payments to the union he led. He did that again and again.

We have introduced legislation into the parliament today to ensure that those secret payments come and see the light of day so that the members will know about it. He says he cares about the cost of living in terms of energy, too. He does—he says he does. But what is he doing now? A 50 per cent renewable—

Mr Brendan O'Connor interjecting —

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