Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I addressed the question. I said the cabinet has a process to deal with this measure in a way that is prudent, that is responsible, and that works through all the unintended consequences to make sure that we have a process that doesn't go around vilifying people who work for the public sector, whether they be journalists or public officials or anyone else. We have a calm, considered and mature approach to this issue.

That's unlike the sort of wreckage and failed policies we saw from the Labor Party when they were last in office—everything from cash for clunkers to burning people's roofs down. We remember Labor's abominable failures when they were last in government, and so do the Australian people. They will wreak havoc on our economy. They will bring great changes to our economy which will put the economy at risk, whether it's $200 billion in higher taxes or taking the industrial relations system back to the 1970s. Under the Labor Party's industrial relations policies you'll need long hair and flares, because that's where they want to take industrial relations in this country—back to the days of conflict and division. You cannot lead a country that you only seek to divide, but that's the Leader of the Opposition's plan.

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