Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Well, you know it's a bad budget when the government are taking credit for results on the weekend and they haven't even introduced the legislation into parliament. Gosh! And the member for Bennelong did criticise the legislation, because this is a budget that fails all Australians. It's full of broken promises and it's going to make the situation worse. Their own budget papers show that the tax changes are going to increase rents and they're going to decrease supply. It's so bad that unnamed backbenchers have spoken out against the policy. A few brave souls dared criticise the Prime Minister and the Treasurer, including the member for Bennelong, the member for Chifley, Senator Ananda-Rajah and also the member for Parramatta, the Cabinet Secretary, who was very happy to criticise the Treasurer and throw him under the bus. There's a nice little group of Ruddites there building a claim for the member for Parramatta. We can all see it. You know it's that bad when those opposite are prepared to talk out about it.

This budget has exposed this treasurer as big on talking points and low on economic literacy or detail. He's big on taxes, but he does not understand the detail. Now the question is: are the backbench going to blame the Prime Minister, or are they going to blame the Treasurer? We know the member for Parramatta is very much hoping they're going to blame the Treasurer.

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