Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer
2:51 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister intending to present savings that will never pass the parliament, like his unfair GP tax, a tax on pensions, and $100,000 university degrees, in his mini budget? Won't this make his mini budget a fundamentally misleading document?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
The upcoming MYEFO statement will ensure that the Australian public know how the post budget commitments that this government has made can be paid for. That is what it will do.
Ms Macklin interjecting—
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
Every single inference, implication or statement in the member for McMahon's question is false, absolutely false. Yet again we have members opposite, members of the Labor Party, wilfully misleading the people of Australia—as they did so often in their repeated statements about a budget surplus—
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order.
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
that they never ever had any intention of delivering.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
Madam Speaker, I raise a point of order.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The member will resume his seat! I said you will resume your seat and I refer you to Practice.
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
This is a Labor Party which has seriously misled the Australian people, serially and seriously—and they are doing it yet again now. The Australian people, I think, have had enough of the constant mendacity, the constant untruths—
Opposition members interjecting—
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
and the constant fraudulence from members opposite. This government is repairing the budget. Members opposite are doing their best to sabotage the budget repair job at every turn. We are taking responsibility for cleaning up the mess that members opposite created.
Opposition members interjecting—
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The member for Gorton will leave under 94(a).
The member for Gorton then left the chamber.
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
Members opposite will not even admit responsibility for creating the mess in the first place. Shame on them!
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order.
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The member will resume his seat. The Prime Minister has concluded his answer.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
Madam Speaker, on a point of order: I am asking for something to be withdrawn. Under page—