Jason Falinski (Mackellar, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At least they're doing something for recycling today! At least the member for Fenner recycled a whole bunch of cliches. We're recycling plastic on this side; they're recycling cliches on that side.

Let us not forget the mess—to call it a mess is really expanding the sense and definition of that word—in economic terms that those opposite left us with. They had a runaway budget deficit. They had rising unemployment. They had government debt rising at 30 per cent per annum. They made the labour market in this country more rigid than any other labour market in the world, and of course they won't talk about fixing that. I wonder: how much money did all of you get from the unions in the last election cycle? 'We won't talk about helping ordinary Australians because we wouldn't want to offend our biggest donors.' You guys are all about putting workers first! You guys put workers first! Just ask the people in the coalmines about workers. Just ask the teachers in schools about workers.

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