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

When it comes to the economy, we know the opposition only have two things that they can talk about: one is the $70 billion of cuts that they do not want to talk about and, of course, the other is the carbon price. When you manage the economy you do have to make choices. You have to make decisions about what is in the best interests of the nation. We have made our decisions very clear. We do believe in spreading the benefits of the boom to all Australians. We do believe in supporting jobs. We do believe in moving to a clean energy future because we know a first-rate economy has to deal with the issue of climate change and reduce our pollution. The priorities of those opposite are demonstrated by the fact that they put the profits of wealthy miners above the interests of working families and small business. Remember, it is this side of the parliament that wants to give small business a tax cut. The only tax cuts those opposite want to give are for the wealthy mining companies.