Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Sterle, this is funding that is made available because the resources rent tax has now been locked into legislation. It is part of our commitment to ensure full employment and to ensure that we are able to transform our economy.

Senator Joyce interjecting—

That stands in very sharp contrast, Senator Joyce, with the approach that is taken opposite. An Abbott opposition, of course, is not about making these hard choices, these real choices, that this country has to make to ensure we are able to maintain living standards. We see on the other side an opposition that claims they will have to find $70 billion worth of expenditure, $70 billion of cuts. These are the sorts of projects that will not be funded as a result of the economic policies that you on the other side of this chamber are pursuing. That is the sort of approach that undermines living standards, the economic capacity of this country and our ability— (Time expired)