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

Mr President, Premier Newman may well have set a new record when it comes to radical social engineering in this country, but he is rivalled by the actions we have seen in New South Wales—the wanton destruction that has been pursued through New South Wales. We have received reports from New South Wales about the effects on homelessness, the effects on the disabled. We are seeing the effects of rent rises in public housing. We are seeing the cuts to foster care and child protection. We have seen that more than $1.2 billion has been cut from more than 100 programs in New South Wales alone. Then of course we have the $1.7 billion cut to education. We know what this means. It means that people in Centrelink offices have to deal with the consequences of the human suffering that has been created as a result of the Tory ideological obsession with the so-called big society—the attempt to run down the ability of governments to help people. (Time expired)