Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Just in case those Labor senators think that the list I have raised is exhausted, let me take them through the list: the Commonwealth takeover of hospitals by July 2009; GROCERYchoice, Fuelwatch and delaying the ETS, which I have already mentioned; prudent government spending; capping IVF treatment; no budget deficits; simplifying GST paperwork for small business; GP superclinics; delivering health services to military families; providing for the homeless; taking a hard line on terrorism; taking a hard line on immigration; private health insurance; reigning in corporate salaries; the bank deposit guarantee; responding—remember this one?—to the 2020 summit; that no worker would be worse off; building a broadband network for only $4 billion, for which the figure is now $43 billion and, I suspect, will increase; restricting employee share schemes; and living in Kirribilli House. Remember that outrage? Where is he now? Swanning around in Kirribilli House.

This is a government that has breached every single one of its solemn promises to the Australian people, and that is why the Australian people have run out of patience with this government.