Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

It almost beggars belief that the government can say the industry figures are not correct and yet has not undertaken any modelling outside of the single case scenario that you just detailed to us. There are a myriad different scenarios that will impact individual families quite differently, and to only examine one of those scenarios really suggests that the Australian people, once again, have been sold a pup and told that this will not impact upon them, it will not create any serious negativity for them, but you are relying on a very narrow case example. I may have this entirely wrong but I know that I represent the concerns of a number of people, including many on the Labor side, who are also worried about families and child care and how these things are going to impact upon those who are already struggling and finding it very tough to make ends meet. To come back to it, I seek an explanation as to why, with such limited examination of such a critical issue that will affect many millions of Australians, it has not been done.