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

Of course, this government will always make decisions that are about growing the economy and creating jobs. We will take an open and transparent process to considering the submissions on the budget. What we have not done is sit down with a right-wing think tank and come up with a whole bunch of ideologically driven cuts. Let us remember who the IPA are, and what they say about the coalition. This is a quote from Alan Moran:

Some items have been discussed with Coalition politicians, many of whom are in agreement with the principles against which the list has been developed.

If you look at the IPA board it is no secret how close they are to the coalition—no matter the interjections from the other side. We see Michael Kroger and former senator Rod Kemp amongst the many who are involved in the IPA and whom we know have links.