House debates Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 House of Representatives

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

2:01 pm

And a family earning $50,000 a year with two children in day care would be more than $3,000 a year better off. You would think Labor would support that, but, no, they do not.

And they talk about past budgets. Well, it is interesting to look at budget history. I have the 2011-12 budget. Now, who was in power then? Oh, it was the Labor Party, of course! 'Reform of family payments: pause indexation of family tax benefit supplements for three years.' That is a Labor policy; there it is. And what about the 2013-14 budget—another Labor budget. 'Continue indexation pauses on upper income limits and supplements of family payments.' It is said that the definition of hypocrisy is somebody who claims to have higher standards than he actually does. Well, the Leader of the Opposition is, by any definition, the greatest hypocrite in this chamber.

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