Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Ryan is asking us about working families and low-income Australians. Let us remember: we are the government that got rid of Work Choices; we are the government that put in place the first paid parental leave provisions in Australia's history; we are the government that has delivered an increase in the pension; we are the government that has increased the childcare rebate, increased funding to schools and increased funding to hospitals—none of which was done under the coalition. In fact, under Tony Abbott there was $1 billion taken out of public hospital funding.