Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Abbott government has waged war on the people of New South Wales, and the Baird Liberal government has done absolutely nothing to protect them. In Shortland electorate there are 21,877 pensioners and I swear that each and every one of those pensioners has rung my office complaining about the mean, cruel-hearted cuts that this Abbott government has perpetrated on them.

Mike Baird has done nothing. He has not stood up once for those pensioners. This week is Seniors Week in New South Wales, so the least we could expect is that the Premier of New South Wales would stand up for the pensioners of New South Wales. Not only has he attacked pensioners in New South Wales but families in New South Wales have suffered under the Abbott government: 8,500 families in Shortland electorate received the Schoolkids Bonus. What has Mike Baird done? Has he stood up for those families? No. Mike Baird has failed to hold Tony Abbott to account. He has failed to fight for the people of New South Wales. Because of that failure, the voters in New South Wales can deliver a strong message by voting Labor in and booting Mike Baird and his mates out on the 28 March. (Time expired)