House debates Questions without Notice

Budget

Monday, 2 June 2014 House of Representatives

Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

3:07 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to mistakes explaining the budget made by the Treasurer, by the Minister for Education, by the Minister for Industry, by the Minister for Social Services and by the Prime Minister himself. If the Prime Minister and his cabinet cannot get it right, how will they ever understand how much their budget of broken promises is hurting real Australian families?

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

3:08 pm

It is so typical—

Jenny Macklin

Jenny Macklin Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments

There are three of them behind you.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker

The member for Jagajaga will desist. The Prime Minister has the call.

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

It is so typical, I regret to say, of this opposition leader—

Julie Owens

Julie Owens Parramatta, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business

So typical for this government to get it so wrong.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker

The member for Parramatta will desist.

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

and this opposition that they have a political critique but not an economic critique. The reason for that is that this budget is a serious attempt to address the economic disaster that members opposite created. This budget is a real plan, a real economic action strategy, to deal with the predicament that this country faces as a result of six years of incompetence and dishonesty from members opposite. We have a plan for the future of our country. All the Leader of the Opposition has is one long complaint—no solutions; all complaint. That is why the people of Australia can trust this government.

I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.